Definitions for desiccate
Overview of verb desiccate
The verb desiccate has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dehydrate, desiccate
(preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip")
2. dehydrate, desiccate
(remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me")
3. exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate
(lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly")
Overview of adj desiccate
The adj desiccate has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. 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)
