dry off

To remove water from someone or something, often with a towel.

• Dry off your hands.
• He dried himself off after swimming.
• Can you dry the dog off before it comes inside?

How to use it: dry someone/something off (She dried the dog off with a towel.)

Similar words: dry, towel dry

Opposites: wet

Common phrases: dry off someone, dry off something, dry yourself off

To become dry after being wet.

• My clothes will dry off soon.
• We dried off in the sun after swimming.
• Let the seats dry off before you sit down.

Similar words: dry

Common phrases: dry off outside, dry off naturally

To stop milking a cow for a period before it gives birth.

• The farmer dried off the cow.
• These cows must be dried off before they give birth.
• When do you dry off pregnant cows?

How to use it: dry a cow off (We dry each cow off several weeks before calving.)

Common phrases: dry off cows, dry off something