Definitions for desiccated
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 desiccated
The adj desiccated has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. desiccated, dried-out
(thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split")
2. dried, dehydrated, desiccated
(preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat")
3. 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)
