со́хнуть

rare #11924

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

Клей, проклеивающий все слои бумаги, быстро сохнет.
The glue that permeates all the layers of paper dries quickly.
Бельё, прищемляемое прищепками, сохло на солнце.
The laundry, clipped up with clothespins, was drying in the sun.
Сполоснутая посуда сохла на столе.
The rinsed dishes were drying on the table.
Сено, ворошимое ветром, быстро сохло.
The hay, stirred by the wind, dried quickly.
Застогованное сено сохло на краю поля.
The stacked hay was drying at the edge of the field.
Нейлон легко стирается и быстро сохнет.
Nylon is easy to wash and dries quickly.
Перегрунтовываемый холст сохнет целые сутки.
The canvas being re-primed takes a full day to dry.
Мокрое белье, выжимавшееся утром, сохло на балконе.
The wet laundry wrung out in the morning was drying on the balcony.

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)