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desiccated   (TTS Sound)

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")

The adj desiccated has 3 senses

• desiccated, dried-out -- (thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split")


• dried, dehydrated, desiccated -- (preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat")


• 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)