dehydrate

Definition of Dehydrate in English :

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Verb

1. dehydrate, desiccate

preserve by removing all water and liquids from

Example Sentences:
'carry dehydrated food on your camping trip'

desiccate

2. dehydrate, desiccate

remove water from

Example Sentences:
'All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me'

desiccate

3. dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, exsiccate

lose water or moisture

Example Sentences:
'In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dehydrate

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verb

1.

to lose or cause to lose water; make or become anhydrous

2.

to lose or cause to lose hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms in the proportions in which they occur in water, as in a chemical reaction

3.

to lose or deprive of water, as the body or tissues

Dehydrate

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verb intransitive

2.

to lose water; become dry

verb transitiveWord forms: deˈhyˌdrated or deˈhyˌdrating

1.

to remove water from (a compound, substance, body tissues, etc.); dry

foods are dehydrated to preserve them for future use

Dehydrate

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v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates

v.tr.

1. To remove water from; make anhydrous.

2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). See Synonyms at dry.

3. To deplete the bodily fluids of: The hot weather dehydrated the runners.

v.intr.

To lose water or bodily fluids.

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