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desiccate
[ des-i-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to dry thoroughly; dry up.
- to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
verb (used without object)
- to become thoroughly dried or dried up.
desiccate
/ ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪt /
verb
- tr to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
- tr to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dry
- intr to become dried up
desiccate
/ dĕs′ĭ-kāt′ /
- To remove the moisture from something or dry it thoroughly.
- ◆ A desiccator is a container that removes moisture from the air within it.
- ◆ A desiccator contains a desiccant, a substance that traps or absorbs water molecules. Some desiccants include silica gel (silicon dioxide), calcium sulfate (dehydrated gypsum), calcium oxide (calcined lime), synthetic molecular sieves (porous crystalline aluminosilicates), and dried clay.
Derived Forms
- ˈdesiccative, adjective
- ˌdesicˈcation, noun
Other Words From
- desic·cation noun
- desic·cative adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of desiccate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of desiccate1
Example Sentences
Remnants of desiccated hay crunched underfoot, and the sun-baked soil was fragmented with deep cracks.
In today’s desiccated media landscape, it’s hard to imagine that Long Beach once supported two daily newspapers — the afternoon Press-Telegram and the morning Independent.
His hands and feet became “desiccated, clenched and drying,” he told the Daily Telegraph.
He says they were "like plastic...you could almost knock them...they were black, desiccating, clenched".
Thank you, Bill Burr, for sparing me from suffering through more than 90 minutes of Bill Maher’s desiccating “Club Random” podcast.
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