Desiccate

desiccate
    adj 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 [syn:
           {arid}, {desiccate}, {desiccated}]
    v 1: preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry
         dehydrated food on your camping trip" [syn: {dehydrate},
         {desiccate}]
    2: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has
       dehydrated me" [syn: {dehydrate}, {desiccate}]
    3: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated
       very quickly" [syn: {exsiccate}, {dehydrate}, {dry up},
       {desiccate}] [ant: {hydrate}]
    

Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
   p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
   dry. See {Sack} wine.]
   To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
   drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
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         Bodies desiccated by heat or age.        --Bacon.
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Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\, v. i.
   To become dry.
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "desiccate":
      air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn,
      corn, cure, decay, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize,
      diminish, divest, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dry-cure, dry-salt,
      embalm, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fire, flag,
      freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper,
      languish, marinade, marinate, mummify, parch, pickle, pine,
      preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear,
      season, shrink, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff,
      sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wilt, wipe, wither,
      wizen