desiccate
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des·ic·cate
(dĕs′ĭ-kāt′)v. des·ic·cat·ed, des·ic·cat·ing, des·ic·cates
v.tr.
1. To dry out thoroughly.
2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.
3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless: "Stalinism desiccated the grassroots of urban government" (Timothy J. Colton).
v.intr.
To become dry; dry out.
adj. (also -kĭt)
Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).
[Latin dēsiccāre, dēsiccāt- : dē-, de- + siccāre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]
des′ic·ca′tion n.
des′ic·ca′tive adj.
des′ic·ca′tor n.
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desiccate
(ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪt)vb
1. (Chemistry) (tr) to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
2. (Cookery) (tr) to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dry
3. (intr) to become dried up
[C16: from Latin dēsiccāre to dry up, from de- + siccāre to dry, from siccus dry]
ˌdesicˈcation n
ˈdesiccative adj
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des•ic•cate
(ˈdɛs ɪˌkeɪt)v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t.
1. to dry thoroughly; dry up.
2. to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
v.i. 3. to become thoroughly dried.
[1565–75; < Latin dēsiccātus dried up, past participle of dēsiccāre=dē- + siccāre, derivative of siccus dry]
des`ic•ca′tion, n.
des′ic•ca`tive, adj.
des′ic•ca`tor, n.
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des·ic·cate
(dĕs′ĭ-kāt′) To remove the moisture from something, or dry it thoroughly.
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desiccate
Past participle: desiccated
Gerund: desiccating
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| Verb | 1. | desiccate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" |
| 2. | desiccate - remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" | |
| 3. | desiccate - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  desiccate - 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.Rolodull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods" |
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desiccate
vt → trocknen
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