Associations to the word «Desiccate»
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Wiktionary
DESICCATE, verb. (transitive) to dry
DESICCATE, verb. (transitive) to preserve by drying
Dictionary definition
DESICCATE, verb. Preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip".
DESICCATE, verb. Remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me".
DESICCATE, verb. Lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly".
DESICCATE, adjective. 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"-C.J.Rolo.
Wise words
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