desiccate

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.keɪt/

VerbEdit

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

(transitive) to dry
- Francis Bacon
  Bodies desiccated by heat or age.
(transitive) to preserve by drying

SynonymsEdit

to dry: dehydrate, parch

AntonymsEdit

to dry: moisten, moisturize, wet

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

to dry

Bulgarian: изсушавам (bg) (izsušavam)
Dutch: drogen (nl), dehydreren (nl), deshydrateren, ontwateren, uitdrogen, verdrogen (nl)

Finnish: kuivata (fi)
Norwegian: å tørke
Quechua: ch'akichiy

to preserve by drying

Bulgarian: суша (bg) (suša)
Dutch: drogen (nl)

Finnish: kuivata (fi)

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