To dry clean is to clean a garment with chemicals instead of water. Dry clean only.
It is not dry at all, since a solvent does the work that water would. Many things labelled dry clean only survive a cold hand wash perfectly well.
1phrasedry cleanTo clean a garment with chemicals instead of water.
“The suit had to be dry cleaned twice before the wedding.”
dry clean is an action.
Also accepted in games: dry-clean