desiccate meaning and definition

DESICCATE verb

Definition of desiccate (verb)

1. preserve by removing all water and liquids from
   • "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
   • synonyms: dehydrate
2. remove water from
   • "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
   • synonyms: dehydrate
3. lose water or moisture
   • "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
   • synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate
   • antonym: hydrate

DESICCATE adjective

Definition of desiccate (adjective)

1. 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
   • synonyms: arid, desiccated