суши́ть

rare #11534

verbimperfective perfective is вы́сушить

1.
to dry, to dry out
Она́ су́шит белье́ на балко́не.
She is drying the laundry on the balcony.
2.
(rare) to waste away, to sap the strength of, to emaciate
Чахо́тка су́шит больных.
Consumption wastes away the sick.
Figurative, of illness or grief.

Examples

Крестьяне сушили зерно на гумне.
The peasants dried the grain on the threshing floor.
Бабушка, припасавшая грибы, сушила их на окне.
Grandmother, who had laid in a supply of mushrooms, dried them by the window.
Гербаризируемые растения сушат под прессом.
The plants being prepared for a herbarium are dried under a press.
Гольё сушат перед дальнейшей выделкой.
The raw hides are dried before further processing.
Она сушит бельё на лоджии
She is drying the laundry on the loggia.
Бабушка сушила комбинашку на балконе.
Grandma was drying her slip on the balcony.
Зачем ты сушишь во́лосы?
Why are you drying your hair?
Кипятимые инструменты потом сушат чистым полотенцем.
The instruments being boiled are then dried with a clean towel.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	суши́
вы	суши́те

Active present	су́шащий	drying, desiccating
Active past	суши́вший	drying, that was drying, that had dried
Passive present	суши́мый	being dried, dryable
Passive past	су́шенный	dried
Gerund present	суша	while doing (present)
Gerund past	сушив сушивши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
суши́ть	-	to dry; to waste away
суши́ться	-	to dry; to cut/be on a caloric deficit
вы́сушить	вы-	to dry; to emaciate; to harden
вы́сушиться	вы-	to dry up; to cut/be on a caloric deficit