Definition of Desiccate

1. Adjective. Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless. "A prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"

Exact synonyms: Arid, Desiccated
Similar to: Dull

2. Verb. Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. "Carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
Exact synonyms: Dehydrate
Generic synonyms: Keep, Preserve
Derivative terms: Dehydration, Dehydration, Desiccation, Desiccation

3. Verb. Remove water from. "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
Exact synonyms: Dehydrate
Generic synonyms: Dry, Dry Out
Derivative terms: Dehydration, Dehydration, Dehydration, Desiccation, Desiccation

4. Verb. Lose water or moisture. "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
Exact synonyms: Dehydrate, Dry Up, Exsiccate
Generic synonyms: Dry, Dry Out
Derivative terms: Dehydration, Dehydration, Dehydration, Desiccant, Desiccation
Antonyms: Hydrate

Definition of Desiccate

1. v. t. To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

2. v. i. To become dry.

Definition of Desiccate

1. Verb. to dry ¹

2. Verb. to preserve by drying ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Desiccate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Medical Definition of Desiccate

1. To lose or cause to lose moisture. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desiccate

deshielding
deshieldings
deshopper
deshoppers
deshopping
deshuffle
deshuffled
deshuffles
deshuffling
deshydraemia
desi
desialylated
desialylation
desiccant
desiccants
desiccate (current term)
desiccated
desiccated coconut
desiccated liver
desiccated pituitary
desiccatedly
desiccates
desiccating
desiccation
desiccations
desiccative
desiccator
desiccators
desiccatory
desiderable

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