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Desiccate

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Verb (transitive)
 : 
des=ic=cate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Desiccate has 3 senses

Adjective Desiccate has 1 sense

  • desiccate(s = adj.all) arid, desiccated - 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"

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Desiccate, v.tr. remove the moisture from, dry (esp. food for preservation) (desiccated coconut).

Derivative
desiccation n. desiccative adj.
Etymology
L desiccare (as DE-, siccus dry)

THESAURUS

Desiccate

air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, decay, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, diminish, divest, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fire, flag, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, languish, marinade, marinate, mummify, parch, pickle, pine, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrink, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen

ROGET THESAURUS

Desiccate

Dryness

VB be dry, render dry, dry, dry up, soak up, sponge, swab, wipe, drain, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate, parch, kiln dry, vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry, hang out to dry, mummify, be fine, hold up.

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