What does dry-shod mean?
Dry-shod means With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water..
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With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water..
For much of the Ice Age, men walked dryshod on the bed of the North Sea many fathoms below where ships now sail.
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
There, if you are in luck, you will find the tide out and the place fordable dryshod for a man on a horse.
Use dry-shod when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dry-shod means With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water..
Common synonyms include dry.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For much of the Ice Age, men walked dryshod on the bed of the North Sea many fathoms below where ships now sail.
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