Meaning

• To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

  "I'll go shopping when it dries up."

• To cause to become dry.

  "The heatwave dried up all the rivers."

• To manually dry dishes.

• To deprive someone of (something vital).

  "The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales."

• To cease to exist; to disappear

  "When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs."

• To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say.

  "This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment."