What does desiccate mean?
Definitions for desiccate
ˈdɛs ɪˌkeɪtdes·ic·cate
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Princeton's WordNet
arid, desiccate, desiccatedverb
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
dehydrate, desiccateverb
preserve by removing all water and liquids from
"carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
dehydrate, desiccateverb
remove water from
"All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccateverb
lose water or moisture
"In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
Wiktionary
desiccateverb
to dry
desiccateverb
to preserve by drying
Etymology: From desicco
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DESICCATEverb
To dry up; to exhale moisture.
Etymology: desicco, Latin.
In bodies desiccated by heat or age, when the native spirit goeth forth, and the moisture with it, the air with time getteth into the pores. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 842.
Where there is moisture enough, or superfluous, there wine helpeth to digest and desiccate the moisture. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Seminal ferments were elevated from the sea, or some desiccated places thereof, by the heat of the sun. Matthew Hale.
Wikipedia
desiccate
Desiccation (from Latin de- 'thoroughly', and siccare 'to dry') is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying. A desiccant is a hygroscopic (attracts and holds water) substance that induces or sustains such a state in its local vicinity in a moderately sealed container.
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desiccate
Desiccate means to thoroughly dry out, typically in order to preserve something. It can refer to the removal of moisture or water content from various things including food, soil, or a living organism.
Webster Dictionary
Desiccateverb
to dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit
Desiccateverb
to become dry
Etymology: [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Desiccate
de-sik′āt, or des′i-kāt, v.t. to dry up.—v.i. to grow dry.—adjs. Desic′cant, Desic′cative, drying: having the power of drying.—n. an application that tends to dry up sores.—n. Desiccā′tion, the act of desiccating: state of being desiccated. [L. desiccāre, -ātum, to dry up—de, and siccus, dry.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of desiccate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of desiccate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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