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Today's word: 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
Etymology: From desicco
desiccateverb
to preserve by drying
Etymology: From desicco
Webster Dictionary
Desiccateverb
to dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit
Etymology: [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.]
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.]
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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