dried-up \dried-up\ adj.
wrinkled or cracked from drying.
Syn: sere, sear, shriveled, withered.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. having its water supply exhausted.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dried-up
adj 1: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered
seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: sere, sear, shriveled,
shrivelled, withered]
2: depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"
WordNet (r) 2.0
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