'Desiccate' definitions:
Definition of 'desiccate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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 [syn: arid, desiccate, desiccated]
verb
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" [syn: dehydrate, desiccate]
verb
Remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" [syn: dehydrate, desiccate]
verb
Definition of 'Desiccate'
From: GCIDE
- Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.] To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. [1913 Webster]
- Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Desiccate'
From: GCIDE
- Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\, v. i. To become dry. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'desiccate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- bake,
- blast-freeze,
- blot,
- brine,
- brush,
- burn,
- corn,
- cure,
- decay,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- deplete,
- devitalize,
- diminish,
- divest,
- drain,
- droop,
- dry,
- dry up,
- dry-cure,
- dry-salt,
- embalm,
- evaporate,
- exhaust,
- exsiccate,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fire,
- flag,
- freeze,
- freeze-dry,
- fume,
- insolate,
- irradiate,
- jerk,
- kiln,
- kipper,
- languish,
- marinade,
- marinate,
- mummify,
- parch,
- pickle,
- pine,
- preservatize,
- quick-freeze,
- refrigerate,
- rub,
- salt,
- scorch,
- sear,
- season,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- smoke,
- smoke-cure,
- soak up,
- sponge,
- stuff,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- torrefy,
- towel,
- weazen,
- wilt,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wizen