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DESICCATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Example:
a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
Synonyms:
arid; desiccate; desiccated
Classified under:
Similar:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they desiccate ... he / she / it desiccates
Past simple: desiccated
Past participle: desiccated
-ing form: desiccating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose water or moisture
Example:
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
Synonyms:
dehydrate; desiccate; dry up; exsiccate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "desiccate" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
desiccant (a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture))
desiccation (dryness resulting from the removal of water)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove water from
Example:
All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
Synonyms:
dehydrate; desiccate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "desiccate" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
desiccation (the process of extracting moisture)
desiccation (dryness resulting from the removal of water)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from
Example:
carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
Synonyms:
dehydrate; desiccate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "desiccate" is one way to...):
keep; preserve (prevent (food) from rotting)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
desiccation (the process of extracting moisture)
desiccation (dryness resulting from the removal of water)
