Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: arid, dehydrate, desiccated, dry up, dull

Antonyms: hydrate

See Also: dry, dry out, keep, preserve

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