desiccate

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin dēsiccō, dēssicātus.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.keɪt/
• Hyphenation: des‧ic‧cate

VerbEdit

desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)

1. (transitive) to dry
   • Francis Bacon

     bodies desiccated by heat or age

2. (transitive) to preserve by drying

SynonymsEdit

• to dry: dehydrate, parch

AntonymsEdit

• to dry: moisten, moisturize, wet

Related termsEdit

• desiccant
• desiccation
• desiccative
• desiccator
• exsiccate

TranslationsEdit

to dry

• Bulgarian: изсушавам (bg) (izsušavam)
• Dutch: drogen (nl), dehydreren (nl), deshydrateren, ontwateren, uitdrogen (nl), verdrogen (nl)
• Finnish: kuivata (fi)
• German: trocknen (de)

• Norwegian: å tørke
• Quechua: ch'akichiy
• Turkish: kurumak (tr)

to preserve by drying

• Bulgarian: суша (bg) (suša)
• Dutch: drogen (nl)
• Finnish: kuivata (fi)

• German: trocknen (de)
• Turkish: kurutmak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} secher (fr), ^{(please verify)} déshydrater (fr), ^{(please verify)} mettre à sec

• German: ^{(please verify)} trocknen (de), ^{(please verify)} dehydratieren

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

dēsiccāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsiccō