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US
/ˈdɛsəkeɪt/
]
ADJECTIVE
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lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
a desiccate romance
a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
VERB
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lose water or moisture
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly -
remove water from
All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me -
preserve by removing all water and liquids from
carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
How To Use desiccate In A Sentence
- Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
- Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
- Surely one of the agonizing attributes of our post – September 11 age is the unending need to reaffirm realities that have been proved, and proved again, but just as doggedly denied by those in power, forcing us to live trapped between two narratives of present history, the one gaining life and color and vigor as more facts become known, the other growing ever paler, brittler, more desiccated, barely sustained by the life support of official power. 'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
- The trick was to desiccate the seeds, spores and the animals first (for 3 days over silica gel) before heating them slowly at a rate of 4 °C per minute. Survival at extreme temperatures: what is it good for?
- The taut skin of these desiccated animals feels smooth under the hand and hard, like water-polished stone.
- This is the granulated root of the Macacheira plant, the _Jatropha manihot_, which to our palates would seem like desiccated sawdust, although it appears to be a necessity for the In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians
- Hydrated and desiccated leaves were prepared using conventional and freeze-substitution techniques, respectively.
- Quite common are northern bur-reed Sparganium hyperboreum, small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus ssp. groenlandicus, dwarf water-crowfoot Ranunculus confervoides and occasionally awlwort Subularia aquatica, which only blooms if the pond is totally desiccated (where the mudworm Limosella aquatica also thrives). Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
- The canopy world is a dry world - scientists call it "desiccated. The Seattle Times
- And withdrawing troops from Berlin would give them just that chance -- to reunite, to dominate and desiccate Europe all over again. WALL GAMES
