fordry verb 2adjective 1forms 5 verb2 •To dry up; become dry. •To dry up; make dry. adjective1 •(no longer used) Very dry; withered.Amid a tree fordry, as white as chalk, As Canacé was playing in her walk, There sat a falcon o'er her head full high, That with a piteous voice so gan to cry, […] — 1387 formsfordried · fordrying · fordries · fordrier · fordriest