desiccate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsiccō, dēssicātus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.keɪt/
Hyphenation: des‧ic‧cate

Verb

desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)

(transitive) to dry
- Francis Bacon
  bodies desiccated by heat or age
(transitive) to preserve by drying

Synonyms

to dry: dehydrate, parch

Antonyms

to dry: moisten, moisturize, wet

Related terms

Translations

to dry

Bulgarian: изсушавам (bg) (izsušavam)
Dutch: drogen (nl), dehydreren (nl), deshydrateren, ontwateren (nl), uitdrogen (nl), verdrogen (nl)
Finnish: kuivata (fi)
German: trocknen (de)

Maori: whakatārehe
Norwegian: å tørke
Quechua: ch'akichiy
Turkish: kurumak (tr)

to preserve by drying

Bulgarian: суша (bg) (suša)
Dutch: drogen (nl)
Finnish: kuivata (fi)

German: trocknen (de)
Turkish: kurutmak (tr)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} secher (fr), ^{(please verify)} déshydrater (fr), ^{(please verify)} mettre à sec

German: ^{(please verify)} trocknen (de), ^{(please verify)} dehydratieren

Latin

Verb

dēsiccāte

second-person plural present active imperative of dēsiccō

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