dehydrated (verb)

  • 1dehydrate — verb 1 (T) to remove the liquid from a substance such as food or chemicals: The substance is dehydrated and stored as powder. 2 (I) to lose too much water from your body dehydrated adjective dehydration / di:haI dreISFn/ noun (U) …

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  • 2dry up — verb 1. lose water or moisture (Freq. 2) In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly • Syn: ↑exsiccate, ↑dehydrate, ↑desiccate • Ant: ↑hydrate (for: ↑ …

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  • 3exsiccate — verb lose water or moisture In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly • Syn: ↑dehydrate, ↑dry up, ↑desiccate • Ant: ↑hydrate (for: ↑dehydrate) …

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  • 4reconstitute — verb /riːˈkɒnstɪtjuːt,riˈkɑnstɪˌt(j)ut/ a) to construct something anew, or in a different manner b) to add liquid to a concentrated or dehydrated food to return it to its original consistency …

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  • 5dry — 1. adjective 1) the dry desert Syn: arid, parched, droughty, scorched, baked; waterless, moistureless, rainless; dehydrated, desiccated, thirsty, bone dry Ant: wet 2) …

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  • 6dehydrate — [[t]di͟ːhaɪdre͟ɪt, ha͟ɪdreɪt[/t]] dehydrates, dehydrating, dehydrated 1) VERB: usu passive When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it. [be V ed] Normally specimens have to be… …

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  • 7dry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arid, thirsty (see dryness); barren, sterile; humorless, grave. See impotence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having little or no moisture] Syn. arid, parched, waterless, dried up, evaporated …

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  • 8dehydrate — UK [ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪt] / US [dɪˈhaɪˌdreɪt] verb Word forms dehydrate : present tense I/you/we/they dehydrate he/she/it dehydrates present participle dehydrating past tense dehydrated past participle dehydrated 1) [intransitive] medical to lose water… …

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  • 9dry — I. adjective (drier; also dryer; driest; also dryest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drȳge; akin to Old High German truckan dry, Old English drēahnian to drain Date: before 12th century 1. a. free or relatively free from a liquid… …

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  • 10dehydrate — [c]/ˈdihaɪdreɪt / (say deehuydrayt), /ˌdihaɪˈdreɪt/ (say .deehuy drayt) verb (dehydrated, dehydrating) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of water. 2. to free (vegetables, etc.) of moisture, for preservation. –verb (i) 3. to lose water or moisture. {de +… …