Associations to the word «Desiccate»

DESICCATE, verb. (transitive) to dry

DESICCATE, verb. (transitive) to preserve by drying

DESICCATE, verb. Preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip".

DESICCATE, verb. Remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me".

DESICCATE, verb. Lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly".

DESICCATE, adjective. 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.