[…] As in Bodies deſsiccate, by Heat, or Age; For in them, when the Natiue Spirit goeth forth, and the Moiſture with it, the Aire with time getteth into the Pores.
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Desiccate
//ˈdɛsɪkeɪt//
Synonyms for "desiccate" (86 found)
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39 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изсушавам verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- суша verb (to preserve by drying)
Catalan
2 entries- dessecar verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- dessecar verb (to preserve by drying)
Dutch
4 entries- dehydreren verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- deshydrateren verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- drogen verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- drogen verb (to preserve by drying)
Finnish
2 entries- kuivata verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- kuivata verb (to preserve by drying)
German
4 entries- dörren verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- dörren verb (to preserve by drying)
- trocknen verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- trocknen verb (to preserve by drying)
Irish
1 entries- triomaigh verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Māori
2 entries- tauraki verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- whakatārehe verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Norwegian
1 entries- tørke verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Portuguese
1 entries- dessecar verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Quechua
1 entries- ch'akichiy verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Romanian
2 entries- deshidrata verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- deshidrata verb (to preserve by drying)
Russian
4 entries- высушивать verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- засушивать verb (to preserve by drying)
- засушить verb (to preserve by drying)
- иссушать verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Spanish
2 entries- desecar verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- disecar verb (to preserve by drying)
Turkish
4 entries- kuru adj (having had moisture removed — see also dehydrated, desiccated)
- nemsiz adj (having had moisture removed — see also dehydrated, desiccated)
- kurumak verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- kurutmak verb (to preserve by drying)
Ukrainian
2 entries- висушувати verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
- засушувати verb (to preserve by drying)
Uyghur
1 entries- قۇرۇتماق verb (to remove moisture from — see also dry)
Sample sentences
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Except on the borders of the ocean, and on the mountain sides where it deposits moisture in a visible form, the sea breeze has a drying effect. It desiccates the soil with rapidity.
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[George A.] Wyeth, who is also a first class surgeon, as well as urologist, has made use of the desiccation and endothermic method to destroy tumors in the bladder by making a suprapublic opening and then penetrating and desiccating the disease in an area all around the base of the tumor which is then undermined, desiccated, and removed.
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At the time of spring burning in 1968 the leaves and small stems of standing manzanita plants had been thoroughly desiccated by the spray treatment first applied in November, 1966.
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