To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.(verb)
To sober up; to cease to be drunk.(verb)
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Use "dry out" in a sentence
"The same winds dry out the stacked brushwood, which settles imperceptiblyas a pheasant or a leveret, when surprised, settles itself stealthily into the ground."
"He had hoped to get into camp with the boys at six o'clock, and this would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear."
"Light a fire in here,’ we say, and dry out those blankets and sponge-rubber mattresses."