air-dry

The definition of air dry means to leave something in an open area so that the atmosphere surrounding it will cause the liquid in it to evaporate.

(verb)

To hang damp laundry on a clothesline is an example of air dry.

See air-dry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to dry by exposing to the air

adjective

so dry as to give off no further moisture upon exposure to the air

See air-dry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb air-dried air-dried, air-dry·ing, air-dries

To dry by exposure to the air.

adjective

Sufficiently dry so that further exposure to air does not yield more moisture to be evaporated.

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