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DRYING UP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of extracting moisture
Synonyms:
dehydration; desiccation; drying up; evaporation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("drying up" is a kind of...):
extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drying up"):
freeze-drying; lyophilisation; lyophilization (a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes)
inspissation (the process of thickening by dehydration)
Holonyms ("drying up" is a part of...):
plastination (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened)
