dehydrate

dehydrate
    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}]
    

dehydrate \de*hy"drate\, v. t.
   To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to
   dehydrate alcohol; to dehydrate food for preservation.
   [1913 Webster]
    

dehydrate \de*hy"drate\, v. i.
   1. to lose water or moisture.
      [PJC]

   2. to lose sufficent water to cause physiological distress;
      -- of living organisms; as, victims trapped in the
      earthquake rubble may dehydrate if not found quickly.
      [PJC]
    

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "dehydrate":
      air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn,
      corn, cure, dehumidify, desiccate, drain, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt,
      embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume,
      insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, marinade, marinate,
      mummify, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate,
      rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure,
      soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen,
      wipe, wither, wizen