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英英字典: desiccate

desiccate   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋdєsәˏket 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊdesikeit 〕


Overview of verb desiccate

The verb desiccate has 3 senses


  • 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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