со́хнуть

rare #10128

verbimperfective perfective is вы́сохнуть

1.
to dry, to become dry, to dry out
Бельё со́хнет на балко́не.
The laundry is drying on the balcony.
Intransitive: the thing itself gets dry.
2.
to wither, to shrivel up, to dry up
Без воды́ цветы́ бы́стро со́хнут.
Without water the flowers wither quickly.
Of plants and trees.
3.
to pine (for someone), to be lovesick, to waste away
Он уже́ год со́хнет по сосе́дке.
He has been pining for the neighbour girl for a year now.
Colloquial; used with по + dative.

Examples

Расклеиваемые афиши сохли прямо на стене.
The posters being put up were drying right on the wall.
Размокшие ботинки долго сохли на батарее.
The soaked shoes took a long time to dry on the radiator.
Сено, ворошимое ветром, быстро сохло.
The hay, stirred by the wind, dried quickly.
Перегрунтовываемый холст сохнет целые сутки.
The canvas being re-primed takes a full day to dry.
Без сеносушилки сено сохнет дольше.
Without a hay dryer, the hay takes longer to dry.
Посуда, споласкиваемая горячей водой, быстро сохла.
The dishes being rinsed with hot water dried quickly.
Склеивающий состав быстро сохнет на воздухе.
The adhesive compound dries quickly in the air.
Клей, проклеивающий все слои бумаги, быстро сохнет.
The glue that permeates all the layers of paper dries quickly.

Imperative
ты	со́хни
вы	со́хните

Active present	со́хнущий	drying
Active past	со́хнувший	drying, that was drying, dried-up
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	сохнув сохнувши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
со́хнуть	-	to dry; to wither; to pine (for someone)
вы́сохнуть	вы-	to dry; to get very thin
засо́хнуть	за-	to wither; to dry out; to waste away
иссо́хнуть	ис-	to wither up or to become thin (reaching complete exhaustion)