See Also: thundering(1)(dictionary)
thundering(2)(dictionary)

dried (iou) and thundering(1) (iou)


dried (iou)



dried ppl adjective. ME.
[from DRY verb + -ED1.]
Deprived of moisture, desiccated. Also dried-off, dried-out, dried-up. ME.
cut and dried: see CUT ppl adjective 1.
spec. Of Food: preserved by the removal of its natural moisture. LME.

thundering(1) (iou)



thundering adjective & adverb. M16.
[from THUNDER verb + -ING2.]
A. adjective.
That thunders (lit. & fig.); (of sound) as loud as thunder. M16.
W. Sheed Belloc's thundering affirmations gave..Ward something to march to.
Very energetic or forcible, violent. Now esp. very great or big, excessive, immense. colloq. E17.
Handgunner Once again, it was a thundering Success.
b. adverb. Excessively, immensely, exceedingly. colloq. E19.
Independent [Sowerbutts] was, as Geoffrey Smith puts it, 'a thundering good gardener'.
thunderingly adverb L17.