Fordry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Fordry is a verb meaning (intransitive) To dry up; become dry.
Meaning
(intransitive) To dry up; become dry.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To dry up; make dry.
- (obsolete) Very dry; withered.
Example Sentences
1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale. Amid a tree fordry, as white as chalk, As Canacé was playing in her walk, There sat a falcon o'er her head full high, That with a piteous voice so gan to cry, […]
Word Forms
- fordries
- fordrying
- fordried
- fordrier
- fordriest
Related Words
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