dehydrate (verb)

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• dehydrate — ► VERB 1) cause (someone) to lose a large amount of water from their body. 2) remove water from (food) in order to preserve it. DERIVATIVES dehydration noun. ORIGIN from Greek hudros water …   English terms dictionary

• dehydrate — verb 1) alcohol dehydrates the skin Syn: dry (out), desiccate, dehumidify, effloresce See note at dry Ant: hydrate 2) frogs can dehydrate quickly Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• dehydrate — verb Date: 1876 transitive verb 1. a. to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water b. to remove water from (as foods) 2. to deprive of vitality or savor …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dehydrate — verb to lose or remove water; to dry Ant: hydrate, moisturize …   Wiktionary

• dehydrate — 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) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dehydrate — [[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… …   English dictionary

• dehydrate — 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… …   English dictionary

• dehydrate — [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 +… …  

• dehydrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. dry [out], dessicate, evaporate. See dryness, preservation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dry, dessicate, parch, evaporate; see dry 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dry, desiccate. IV (Roget s… …   English dictionary for students

• dehydrate — de|hy|drate [ di haı,dreıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive to lose so much water from your body that you feel weak or sick 2. ) transitive SCIENCE to remove the water from something ╾ de|hy|dra|tion [ ,dihaı dreıʃn ] noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dehydrate — [di:hʌɪ dreɪt, hʌɪdreɪt] verb [often as adjective dehydrated] lose or cause to lose a large amount of water. ↘remove water from (food) in order to preserve it. Derivatives dehydration noun dehydrator noun Origin C19: from …   English new terms dictionary