dry
→
abstinent (from alcohol)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | dry | |
| meaning 1 | dry | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages; (law) describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned | He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now. You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | þurr | |
| meaning 1 | dry | þvotturinn er orðinn þurr the washing has dried out |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | abstinent (from alcohol) | hún hefur verið þurr í fjögur ár she has not consumed alcohol for four years (lit. she has been dry) |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | сухой | |
| meaning 1 | dry | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial) abstinent (from alcohol) | Он сухой уже три месяца |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Cf. Russian не просыхает 'does not stop drinking alkohol' | |
Tolstaja 2004 / 2009