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

Кондиционированный воздух сушит кожу.
Air-conditioned air dries out the skin.
Пропитывавшийся маслом холст сушили целую неделю.
The canvas, which had been soaking up oil, was dried for an entire week.
На берегу сидела юная купальница и сушила волосы.
A young bather was sitting on the shore, drying her hair.
Кипятимые инструменты потом сушат чистым полотенцем.
The instruments being boiled are then dried with a clean towel.
Бабушка сушила комбинашку на балконе.
Grandma was drying her slip on the balcony.
Раньше визигу сушили и хранили зимой.
In the past, people dried it and stored it over the winter.
Бабушка сушила бессмертник для лечебного чая.
Grandmother dried immortelle for medicinal tea.
Гольё сушат перед дальнейшей выделкой.
The raw hides are dried before further processing.

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