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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb desiccate has 3 senses

• desiccate(v = verb.change) dehydrate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
is one way to keep, preserve
Derived forms noun desiccation₂, noun desiccation₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• desiccate(v = verb.change) dehydrate - remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
is one way to dry, dry out
Derived forms noun desiccation₂, noun desiccation₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• desiccate(v = verb.change) dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
is one way to dry, dry out
Derived forms noun desiccant₁, noun desiccation₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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

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

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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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