The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams

by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
A dream of drying yourself signifies that you can successfully handle your own affairs.

Listen to qualified advice but do what you think best If your dream involved drying others or others drying themselves, you may have to ask for help from a friend; don’t hesitate.

Drying of dishes or cooking utensils in a dream predicts petty annoyances; drying clothes suggests a need to shake off some conditions that are holding you back, or some people whose attitudes are depressing you.

Get on with it!

Strangest Dream Explanations

by Dream Explanations - Anonymous
If you dream that something is dry, as in dry weather, a piece of meat, or dry land, then this reflects that you’ve been going through a dry spell, and are dealing with the facts of life, going through the motions without joy, passion, or spice. You are in need of a good cry. Your subconscious mind is giving you the message that you are not just meant to survive your life, but to thrive while you are alive.

See Drought.

The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary

by Nancy Wagaman
Drying due to natural evaporation can represent: Loss or disappearance.

Shrinkage.

Transformation.

A process of reduction, or a dwindling supply of something.

See Dry Up, Dryer, Absorbing, Desert, Hard Object, Eroding, Decreasing, Depleted, Sparse