What is the meaning of the word "dry"?

Definitions:

(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish adjective
- dry toast
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation adjective
- a dry white burgundy
become dry or drier verb
- The laundry dries in the sun
having a large proportion of strong liquor adjective
- a very dry martini is almost straight gin
having no adornment or coloration adjective
- dry facts
humorously sarcastic or mocking adjective
- dry humor
lacking moisture or volatile components adjective
- dry paint
lacking warmth or emotional involvement adjective
- a dry greeting
not producing milk adjective
- a dry cow
not shedding tears adjective
- dry sobs
opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages adjective
- the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages adjective
- he's been dry for ten years
remove the moisture from and make dry verb
- dry clothes
unproductive especially of the expected results adjective
- a dry run
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones adjective
- dry weight
without a mucous or watery discharge adjective
- a dry cough