Associations to the word «Desiccate»

Wiktionary

DESICCATE, verb. (transitive) to dry
DESICCATE, verb. (transitive) to preserve by drying

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza