About The Word Desiccate
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Desiccate
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What's The Definition Of Desiccate?
[adj] lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
[v] lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" [v] remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" [v] preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" Synonyms | Synonyms for Desiccate: arid | dehydrate | desiccated | dry up | dull Related Terms | Find terms related to Desiccate: air-dry | anhydrate | bake | blast-freeze | blot | brine | brush | burn | corn | cure | decay | dehumidify | dehydrate | deplete | devitalize | diminish | divest | drain | droop | dry | dry up | dry-cure | dry-salt | embalm | evaporate | exhaust | exsiccate | fade | fade away | fire | flag | freeze | freeze-dry | fume | insolate | irradiate | jerk | kiln | kipper | languish | marinade | marinate | mummify | parch | pickle | pine | preservatize | quick-freeze | refrigerate | rub | salt | scorch | sear | season | shrink | shrivel | smoke | smoke-cure | soak up | sponge | stuff | sun | sun-dry | swab | torrefy | towel | weazen | wilt | wipe | wither | wizen See Also | dry | dry out | keep | preserve Desiccate In Webster's Dictionary \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
dry. See {Sack} wine.]
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon.
\Des"ic*cate\, v. i. To become dry. |
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