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Driest
- adjective - (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
- having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
- having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
- humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only
Drifts
- noun - a force that moves something along
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
- be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"
- cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"
- drive slowly and far afield for
Drifty
- - Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.
Drills
- noun - A stout, durable cotton fabric
- (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
- a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
- learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
- similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
- systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
- teach by repetition
- train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- undergo military training or do military exercises
Drimys
- noun - shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage
Drinks
- noun - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
- any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
- any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
- be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"
- consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
- drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
- propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
- take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
- the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
- the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
Drippy
- adjective - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
- leaking in drops; "a drippy faucet"
- wet with light rain; "a sad drizzly day"; "a wet drippy day"
Drivel
- noun - a worthless message
- let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
- saliva spilling from the mouth
Driven
- verb - cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer"
- cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field"
- compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
- compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"
- excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
- have certain properties when driven; "This car rides sm
Driver
- noun - (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- the operator of a motor vehicle