run dry
werkwoord
1 run dry
Become empty of water.
synoniem: dry out.
Roget 638:
spend,
expend,
use,
consume,
swallow up,
exhaust;
impoverish;
spill,
drain,
empty;
disperse
etc.
73.
cast away,
fool away,
muddle away,
throw away,
fling away,
fritter away;
burn the candle at both ends,
waste;
squander
etc.
818.
waste its sweetness on the desert air"
[Gray];
cast one's bread upon the waters,
cast pearls before swine;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
waste powder and shot,
break a butterfly on a wheel;
labor in vain
etc.
(useless)
645;
cut blocks with a razor,
pour water into a sieve.
leak
etc.
(run out)
295;
run to waste;
ebb;
melt away,
run dry,
dry up.
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Roget 640:
be insufficient
etc.
adj.;
not suffice
etc.
639;
come short of
etc.
304;
run dry.
want,
lack,
need,
require;
caret;
be in want
etc.
(poor)
804,
live from hand to mouth.
render insufficient
etc.
Adj.;
drain of resources,
impoverish
etc.
(waste)
638;
stint
etc.
(begrudge)
819;
put on short allowance.
do insufficiently
etc.
adv.;
scotch the snake.
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Nederlands: droogvallen, uitdrogen, verdrogen
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