desiccate
Speech parts
1. desiccate - Noun
2. desiccate - Adjective
3. desiccate - Verb
4. desiccate - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
To become dry.
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a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
a desiccate romance
a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
carry dehydrated food on your camping trip