desiccate

v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.

1. To dry out thoroughly.
2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See synonyms at dry.
3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless.

v.intr.
To become dry; dry out.

adj. (also -kĭt)
Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).

[Latin dēsiccāre, dēsiccāt- : dē-, de- + siccāre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]

desiccation des'ic·ca'tion n.
desiccative des'ic·ca'tive adj.
desiccator des'ic·ca'tor n.

verb

1. To make or become free of moisture: dehydrate, dry (out), exsiccate, parch. See dry/wet.
2. To make or become no longer active or productive: deplete, dry up, give out, play out, run out. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: take moisture out of
Antonyms: moisten, moisturize, wet

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(des′ikāt)
n

To dry by chemical or physical means; for example, electrocoagulation can produce desiccation in tissues.

To render thoroughly dry.

IN BRIEF: To dry up; dehydrate.

If war desiccate and lay waste our fields, under new cultivation they will grow green again and ripen to future harvest. — Daniel Webster.

Common misspelling(s) of desiccated

• dessicated

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tørre
v. intr. - udtørres
adj. - tørret

Nederlands (Dutch)
(op-/uit)drogen

Français (French)
v. tr. - dessécher, sécher
v. intr. - se dessécher
adj. - dessicatif, desséché, sèche, austère

Deutsch (German)
v. - trocknen, dörren
adj. - getrocknet, (übertr.) vertrocknet

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεραίνω, αφυδατώνω, στεγνώνω

Italiano (Italian)
seccarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dessecar

Русский (Russian)
высушивать, обезвоживать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desecar, deshidratar
v. intr. - desecar
adj. - disecado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - torka ut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使干燥, 使脱水, 变干, 干燥的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使乾燥, 使脫水
v. intr. - 變乾
adj. - 乾燥的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 건조 시키다, 기운을 잃게 하다, (식품을) 가루로 보관하다
v. intr. - 건조하다, 생기를 잃다
adj. - 생기를 잃은

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 完全に乾燥させる, 枯渇させる, 乾燥させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجفف, يجفف شئ بتحويله الى ذرات ( مثل الحليب)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ייבש מזון, ייבש פירות‬
v. intr. - ‮התייבש (מזון)‬
adj. - ‮שיצאה הרוח ממפרשיו, ללא חיות, חסר-חיים‬

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