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• s  (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  dried-up grass
• s  depleted of water
  a dried-up water hole

• A farmer carries pails to transport water from a partially dried-up pond at the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province This year isn't getting off to a much better start.

• sere
• sear
• shriveled
• shrivelled
• withered

News & Articles

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• Dried-up home values at Brentwood Lake
  CARLISLE TWP. — The housing market is bouncing back, but residents of the nearly 200 homes in the Brentwood Lake subdivision say they face a special challenge. The big draw to their properties was having the lake, which is now a swamp after authorities breached a dam in early 2010. “It was neat — you [...] The post Dried-up home values at Brentwood Lake appeared first on Chronicle-Telegram ...
  June 20, 2013 - The Chronicle-Telegram
• How To Build A Brain-Zapper
  Doctors say brain-zapping-- transcranial Direct Brain Stimulation (tDBS) applied to the scalp, noninvasively--may work to treat depression , math trouble , language fluency ; and, in healthy people, may enhance focus, a sniper's aim , drone-piloting , or even a dried-up libido . But not even the white coats know yet how the technology works--what exactly it does to the brain. Worse, we have no ...
  June 19, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine
• Dying Grass Angers Fort Rosecrans Visitors
  The cemetery lawn at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma is undergoing restoration to fix some unsightly dried-up grass.
  June 19, 2013 - NBC San Diego

Quotes

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• Stephen Colbert in Toronto Star
  America needs prunes. It may not be a young, sexy plum. Granted, it's shrivelled and at times hard to swallow. But this dried-up old prune has the experience we need,Colbert said.