усыха́ть

rare #55763

verbimperfective perfective is усо́хнуть

1.
to dry out, to shrink from drying, to lose weight through drying
Доски́ усыха́ют и тре́скаются.
The boards dry out and crack.
Of wood, fruit, soil or stored goods losing moisture and volume.
2.
to shrivel up (with age), to waste away, to become shrunken
Стари́к усыха́л с ка́ждым го́дом.
The old man was shrivelling up more with every year.
Colloquial and often unkind when said of people.
3.
(rare) to die laughing, to crack up, to be in stitches
Мы про́сто усыха́ли со сме́ху.
We were simply dying laughing.
Slang; usually in the phrase усыхать со смеху.

Examples

К концу лета яблоки на дереве начали усыхать.
By the end of summer, the apples on the tree began to shrivel.
Старики говорят, что с возрастом тело усыхает.
Old people say that the body shrivels with age.
От жары трава на лугу постепенно усыхает.
The grass in the meadow is gradually drying up from the heat.

Imperative
ты	усыха́й
вы	усыха́йте

Active present	усыха́ющий	drying up, withering, shriveling, shrinking
Active past	усыха́вший	drying up, withering, shrinking (from drying)
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	усыха́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	усыхав усыхавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
высыха́ть	вы-	to dry out; to waste away
досыха́ть	до-	to dry up
засыха́ть	за-	to wither; to dry out; to waste away; to pine (for someone)
иссыха́ть	ис-	to wither up or to become thin (reaching complete exhaustion)