Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of dry up English)
WordNet
n. the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, evaporation]
Usage examples of "drying up".
The powdered bark forms an excellent application to indolent ulcers and old wounds for cleansing, stimulating, drying up and healing the wounds.
He has certainly been drying up faster since the engagement: the flame of passion, I suppose.
He dosed his eyes again and breathed the smell of sunlight drying up last night's rain.
By retaining among his intimate entourage a well-known witch-one holding power of life and death over men, as well as the more usual power of blighting crops, drying up cattle, and causing blindness&mdash.
By retaining among his intimate entourage a well-known witch-one holding power of life and death over men, as well as the more usual power of blighting crops, drying up cattle, and causing blindness—.