dehydrate, desiccate -- (preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip")
dehydrate, desiccate -- (remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me")
exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate -- (lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly")
Overview of adj desiccate
The adj desiccate has 1 sense
arid, desiccate, desiccated -- (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)
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