Dictionary Entry
desiccate
desiccate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
- 2intransitive verb
To become dry.
- 3verb
lose water or moisture
"In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
- 4verb
remove water from
"All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
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- 5verb
preserve by removing all water and liquids from
"carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
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- 6adjective
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless-C.J.Rolo
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
"a desiccate romance"
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