dehydrate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to deprive (a chemical compound) of water or the elements of water.
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to free (fruit, vegetables, etc.) from moisture for preservation; dry.
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to remove water from (the body or a tissue).
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to deprive of spirit, force, or meaning; render less interesting or effectual.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to lose or cause to lose water; make or become anhydrous
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to lose or cause to lose hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms in the proportions in which they occur in water, as in a chemical reaction
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to lose or deprive of water, as the body or tissues
Related Words
See evaporate.
Other Word Forms
- dehydration noun
- dehydrator noun
Etymology
Origin of dehydrate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I was so dehydrated that my vision had started to blur.
"It could have been much worse than just being very tired and very dehydrated," admits the 34-year-old.
From BBC
Those areas include travel packs for curlers, which include high-protein snacks, hand sanitizers, face masks, chewing gum to increase saliva production and help avoid illness, and even dehydrated meals when going to Asia.
From BBC
They are used to quenching their thirst with snow, but with little or no snowfall, they can easily get dehydrated.
From Barron's
“I’m having some tea. Would you like any? Or hot chocolate. It’s the dehydrated kind, but it has marshmallows.”
From Literature
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