Drying due to evaporation can represent: Loss or disappearance.
Shrinkage.
Transformation.
A process of reduction or a dwindling supply of something.
Something that is dried up, or that has lost all of its moisture, can represent: dormancy or a rest period, the end of a process or the loss of potential, non-productive, the idea of failure.
See Also: Dry, Absorbing, Desert, Hard Object, Eroding, Deterioration, Smaller, Getting, Decreasing, Depleted, Sparse, Scarcity
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