Thesaurus: desiccate
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Related headwords
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Definitions
- v. t. To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
- v. i. To become dry.
- adj. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
- v. preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- v. remove water from
- v. lose water or moisture
- To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon. To become dry.
- To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve bydrying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.
- v preserve by removing all water and liquids from v remove water from v lose water or moisture s lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless