DRY  乾燥

LACK WATER INSIDE OR ON the SURFACE.
ARIDPARCHEDDROUGHTYSCORCHEDBAKEDWATERLESSMOISTURELESSRAINLESSDEHYDRATEDDESICCATEDTHIRSTYBONE DRY
Antonym
  • MOISTCOVERED by or MIXED with LIQUID, TYPICALLY with WATER.
    Hypernym
    • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
      • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet").

    2. Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.

    3. Hé/hào 涸 (ant. mǎn 滿 "full of water") views dryness as the result of a process of dissication.

    4. Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid.

    5. Jié 渴 merely emphasises insufficient water supply or exhaustion of water supplies.

    6. Jiāo 焦 adds to the notion of dryness that of exceesive heat.

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    Modern Chinese Criteria
    乾燥

    高燥

    乾鬆

    乾亢

    乾

    燥

    乾枯

    焦枯

    枯槁

    乾巴

    乾巴巴

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.84

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      DRY

      aridus refers to something that has lost its natural moisture through internal factors.

      torridus refers to something that has lost its natural moisture through external impact.

      siccus refers to dryness on the surface only.

    • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 167

    • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 351

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 350

    • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 65

    • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

      areo 'to be dry' [v. II] (P1.+)

      Derivatives: dridus 'dry, arid' (P1.+; also ardus PL), peraridus 'very dry' (Cato+),

      ardere 'to bum' (P1.+), ardor 'a burning, fire' (Acc.+); area 'open space, clearing'

      (P1.+); arefacio 'to make dry' (Cato+; also arfacio Cato, facit are Lucr.); adarescere

      'to become dry' (Cato), exarescere 'to dry up' (P1-+), perarescere 'to dry up

      thoroughly' (Varro+).

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 274

    Words

    乾  gān OC: kaan MC: kɑn 26 AttributionsWD

    Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 濕 / 濕/MOIST Shī 濕 refers to wetness as a property of surface or of the whole object.
    • Ant: 興/FLOURISH
    • Assoc: 燥/DRY The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet").
    • Assoc: 燥/DRY The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet").

      Syntactic words
    • vadNdried up; parched
    • vibe completely lacking in (life-giving) humidity, dead dry; be dry; be dried
    • vichangeget dry
    • vt(oN)causativecause to become dry> to dry the contextually determinate N
    • vtoNcausativemake dry, cause to become dry
    • vtoNcausativemake things dry NB: the object is not really omitted, but the verb is clearly transitive. This is a tricky case for grammatical analysis.
    枯  kū OC: khaa MC: khuo̝
    枯㱠  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 19 AttributionsWD

    Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.

      Word relations
    • Result: 死/DIE The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men.
    • Ant: 濕 / 濕/MOIST Shī 濕 refers to wetness as a property of surface or of the whole object.
    • Assoc: 槁/DRY Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.
    • Assoc: 萎/WITHER Wěi 萎 (ant. shèng 盛 "rich and flourishing") refers to plants (and in a transferred usually permanent sense male sexual organs!) shrivilling up and drying out.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNwaterless; dried-up; dried (fish) 枯魚 "dried fish"
    • vichangewither; become all parched; dry up completely
    • vistativebe dry; be shrivelled up
    • vtoNcausativecause to become dry> make dry
    燥  zào OC: saawʔ MC: sɑu 10 AttributionsWD

    The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet").

      Word relations
    • Ant: 濕 / 濕/MOIST Shī 濕 refers to wetness as a property of surface or of the whole object.
    • Assoc: 乾/DRY Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid.
    • Assoc: 乾/DRY Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativedryness
    • nsubj=nonhumanwhat is dry
    • vadNdry (and infertile)CH
    • viXUN 1: be comparatively dry (of firewood), be not wet enough; be dry
    涸  hé OC: ɡaaɡ MC: ɦɑk 9 AttributionsWD

    Hé涸 (ant. mǎn 滿 "full of water") views dryness as the result of a process of dissication.

      Syntactic words
    • nabdrying upCH
    • vadNdried up
    • vichangebecome dry, dry up, lose water supply
    • vtoNcausativeHUAINAN: cause to dry up or dry out (as a fishing pond)
    竭  jié OC: ɡad MC: gi̯ɐt 5 AttributionsWD

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      Syntactic words
    • vadNdry
    • vibe naturally poorly supplied with water, be dry
    • vichangebecome dry; dry out
    • vtoNcausativecause to become dry: drain
    • vtoNpassivebe drainedLZ
    槁  gǎo OC: khoowʔ MC: khɑu 4 AttributionsWD

    Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.

      Word relations
    • Subject: 苗/SPROUT
    • Assoc: 枯 / 枯㱠/DRY Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNshrivelled
    • vichangeturn dry
    焦  jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu
    燋  jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu 4 AttributionsWD

    Jiāo 焦 adds to the notion of dryness that of exceesive heat.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • vadNparched, have lost humidity, dried
    • vichangeget dried out (as of skin etc)
    • vtoNcausativeburn so as to make parched dry; also figuratilvely
    枯竭  kū jié OC: khaa ɡad MC: khuo̝ gi̯ɐt 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangedry out, dry up
    槁暴  gǎo pù OC: khoowʔ booɡ MC: khɑu buk 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe all dry; be dried and parched
    • VPichangeto get dryLZ
    戾  lì OC: rɯɯds MC: lei 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativedry
    晞  xī OC: qhlɯl MC: hɨi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativeparch dry 晞髮
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe dried
    炙  zhì OC: tjaɡ MC: tɕiɛk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause to be dry by heating
    眢  yuān OC: qon MC: ʔi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNdry (well etc)
    衄  nǜ OC: m-luɡ MC: ɳuk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vichangeshrivel up (as a dead body); be all shrivelled up
    旱涸  hàn hé OC: ɡaanʔ ɡaaɡ MC: ɦɑn ɦɑk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangedry up
    枯乾  kū gān OC: khaa kaan MC: khuo̝ kɑn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangedry up, dry out
    豁  huò huō， huá MC: xwat OC: qhʷaadCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vifigurativebe dissiccated, inwardly shrivelled upCH
    稿  gǎo MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vifigurativeprocess: =槁 shrivel upCH
    髐  xiāo MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • v-P.adVall parchedCH
    晅  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativeto dry in the sun (SHUOWEN)
    暵  hàn OC: qhlaans MC: hɑn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe dry
    歇  xiē OC: qhad MC: hi̯ɐt 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    烜  xuǎn OC: qhonʔ MC: hi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause to become dry; to dry in the sun (YI)
    燋  jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vidry out; get dry; shrivel

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