Verb: dry up- Lose water or moisture
"In the desert, you get dried up very quickly";
- exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate
- Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
"The plants dried up in the drought";
- mummify
Derived forms: dries up, dried up, drying up
Type of: dry, dry out, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither