English-German translations for run dry

• austrocknen
  Es wäre nicht vertretbar, ganze Gebiete dem Austrocknen zu überlassen, während andere über ausreichende Ressourcen verfügen, um Hilfe zu leisten. It is unacceptable to let some areas run dry, when other areas have adequate resources to help them.
• versiegen
  Aber diese Quelle droht zu versiegen.... But the source is threatening to run dry.
  Der Tourismus darf nicht versiegen, was mit einem Bürgerkrieg natürlich der Fall wäre. Tourism must not run dry, which is exactly what will happen if there is a civil war.
• vertrocknen

Definition of run dry

• To become dry; to cease to flow with water
• To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire

Examples

• Last summer the river ran dry.
• The beer soon ran dry so we cracked open a bottle of wine.
• I used to write short stories, but these days my inspiration has run dry.

Related words

• truncated icosahedron
• truncated octahedron
• truncated tetrahedron
• truncated cuboctahedron
• truncated dodecahedron
• truncated icosidodecahedron
• hit-and-run driving
• truncated hexahedron
• quasitruncated hexahedron