dehydrate

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ hydrate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːhaɪdˈɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /diːˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

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Verb

dehydrate (third-person singular simple present dehydrates, present participle dehydrating, simple past and past participle dehydrated)

1. (transitive) To remove water from; to dry up.
2. (intransitive) To lose water from one's body; to become dehydrated.

Synonyms

• desiccate
• exsiccate
• parch

Antonyms

• hydrate
• moisten
• moisturize
• soak

Translations

to lose or remove water

• Catalan: deshidratar (ca)
• Czech: dehydrovat
• Danish: dehydrere
• Dutch: dehydrateren (nl)
• Finnish: kuivata (fi), kuivattaa (fi), poistaa vesi (+ elative)
• French: déshydrater (fr)
• Galician: deshidratar (gl)
• German: dehydrieren (de)
• Japanese: 脱水する (だっすいする, dassui suru)
• Kazakh: сусыздандыру (susyzdandyru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: jee-ushtaghey
• Maori: whakamaroke, tauraki, whakatārehe
• Marathi: निर्जल करणे (nirjal karṇe), निर्जल होणे (nirjal hoṇe)
• Polish: odwodnić pf, odwadniać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: desidratar (pt)
• Romanian: deshidrata (ro)
• Russian: обезво́живать (ru) impf (obezvóživatʹ), обезво́дить (ru) pf (obezvóditʹ), дегидрати́ровать (ru) impf or pf (degidratírovatʹ)
• Spanish: deshidratar (es)
• Swedish: torka ut (sv)
• Tibetan: ཞ་རློན་འཐེན (zha rlon 'then)
• Welsh: dadhydradu