Desiccate - English meaning

Desiccate – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
Usage examples:
Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun
Synonims:
Dried Dried up Dry Dehydrated Powdered

Desiccate translation into English

Desiccate: translate from English into Chinese

干燥

Desiccate: translate from English into Dutch

Uitdrogen, Drogen, Opdrogen, Droog worden

Desiccate: translate from English into French

Dessécher, Sécher, Se dessécher

Desiccate: translate from English into German

Trocknen

Desiccate: translate from English into Hindi

सूखना, झुरना, सुखाना, सूखा, कुम्हलाना, सुखा देना, सूख जाना, कुम्हला जाना, शुष्क, शुष्क करना

Desiccate: translate from English into Italian

Essiccare

Desiccate: translate from English into Korean

마르다, 건조시키다, 생기를 잃게 하다

Desiccate: translate from English into Russian

Иссушать, Высыхать, Высушивать, Терять влажность

Desiccate: translate from English into Spanish

Desecar, Terminar de secar

Word origin

late 16th century: from Latin desiccat- ‘made thoroughly dry’, from the verb desiccare .

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Desiccate – similar words

desiccates

verb
Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
Usage examples:
Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

Desiccates - all meanings in English

desiccated

adjective
Having had all moisture removed; dried out.
Usage examples:
The withered, desiccated landscape

verb
Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
Usage examples:
Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

adjective
Dried, with the moisture removed
Usage examples:
100 g of desiccated coconut, all the party seems to have to offer is the same desiccated old ideas.

Desiccated - all meanings in English

desiccants

noun
A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent.
Usage examples:
Natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die

noun
A substance used to remove moisture (= liquid in the form of small drops) from something
Usage examples:
They used chemical desiccants to dry out the air.

Desiccants - all meanings in English

desiccant

noun
A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent.
Usage examples:
Natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die

noun
A substance used to remove moisture (= liquid in the form of small drops) from something
Usage examples:
They used chemical desiccants to dry out the air.

Desiccant - all meanings in English

Desiccate synonims

dehydrated

adjective
Having lost a large amount of water from the body.
Usage examples:
His body temperature was high and he had become dehydrated

verb
Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water.
Usage examples:
The heat dehydrated us even when we stood still

adjective
Not having the normal amount of water in your body so that you feel ill or weak

Dehydrated - all meanings in English

dried

adjective
Preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture.
Usage examples:
Dried fruit

verb
Become dry.
Usage examples:
Allow 24 hours for the paint to dry

Past simple and past participle of dry

Dried - all meanings in English

dry

adjective
Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.
Usage examples:
The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun
(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.
Usage examples:
The dry facts of the matter

verb
Free from liquid or moisture

Dry - all meanings in English

powdered

adjective
In the form of powder.
Usage examples:
Powdered milk

verb
Apply cosmetic powder to (the face or body).
Usage examples:
She powdered her face and put on a dab of perfume

adjective
Being in the form of a powder
Usage examples:
Powdered milk

Powdered - all meanings in English

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