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

Нейлон легко стирается и быстро сохнет.
Nylon is easy to wash and dries quickly.
Смачиваемые водой ткани сохнут очень долго.
Fabrics that can be wetted with water take a very long time to dry.
Накошенную траву оставили сохнуть на солнце.
The mown grass was left to dry in the sun.
Заштукатуривший стену мастер оставил её сохнуть.
The master who plastered the wall left it to dry.
Размокшие ботинки долго сохли на батарее.
The soaked shoes took a long time to dry on the radiator.
Вывешиваемые на балконе вещи быстро сохли на солнце.
The clothes hung out on the balcony dried quickly in the sun.
Зацементированный пол сохнет уже второй день.
The cemented floor has been drying for two days now.
Застогованное сено сохло на краю поля.
The stacked hay was drying at the edge of the field.

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)