| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heal, ease bad situation |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey, correct, doctor, dose, dress, dry out, help, improve, kick, kick the habit, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, mend, minister to, nurse, palliate, quit cold, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, restore to health, right, shake, sweat it out, treat |
Antonyms: |
depress, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | dehydrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
cotton-mouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear |
Antonyms: |
hydrate, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | on the wagon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not drinking alcohol |
Synonyms: |
abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, cold sober, dry, drying out, free of alcohol, nonindulgent, not drinking, not drunk, not partaking of alcohol, period of abstinence, restrained, sober, stone cold sober, sworn off, took the pledge, unintoxicated |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
Synonyms: |
blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | exsiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry |
Synonyms: |
dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, evaporate, parch |