Synonyms for desiccate

Synonyms for (verb) desiccate

Synonyms: dry up, dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate

Definition: lose water or moisture

Usage: In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly

Similar words: dry, dry out

Definition: remove the moisture from and make dry

Usage: dry clothes; dry hair


Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate

Definition: remove water from

Usage: All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me

Similar words: dry, dry out

Definition: remove the moisture from and make dry

Usage: dry clothes; dry hair


Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate

Definition: preserve by removing all water and liquids from

Usage: carry dehydrated food on your camping trip

Similar words: keep, preserve

Definition: prevent (food) from rotting

Usage: preserved meats; keep potatoes fresh


Synonyms for (adj) desiccate

Synonyms: desiccate, desiccated, arid

Definition: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

Usage: 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

Similar words: dull

Definition: lacking in liveliness or animation

Usage: he was so dull at parties; a dull political campaign; a large dull impassive man; dull days with nothing to do; how dull and dreary the world is; fell back into one of her dull moods


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