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

Золённые шкуры сушили под навесом во дворе.
The lye-treated hides were dried under a shelter in the yard.
Извлекавшийся из воды песок сушили на берегу.
The sand extracted from the water was dried on the shore.
На берегу сидела юная купальница и сушила волосы.
A young bather was sitting on the shore, drying her hair.
Бабушка сушила городовики на зиму.
Grandmother dried porcini mushrooms for the winter.
Он сушил волосы, только что покупавшийся в море.
He was drying his hair after having just swum in the sea.
Кипятимые инструменты потом сушат чистым полотенцем.
The instruments being boiled are then dried with a clean towel.
Бабушка сушила чернобыльник для лечебного чая.
Grandma dried mugwort to make medicinal tea.
Вы когда-нибудь сушили во́лосы фе́ном?
Have you ever dried your hair with a hairdrier?

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)