desiccate

des·ic·cate

D0159200 (dĕs′ĭ-kāt′)v. des·ic·cat·ed, des·ic·cat·ing, des·ic·cates v.tr.1. To dry out thoroughly.2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless: "Stalinism desiccated the grassroots of urban government" (Timothy J. Colton).v.intr. To become dry; dry out.adj. (also -kĭt) Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).

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[Latin dēsiccāre, dēsiccāt- : dē-, de- + siccāre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]

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des′ic·ca′tion n.des′ic·ca′tive adj.des′ic·ca′tor n.

desiccate

(ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪt) vb1. (Chemistry) (tr) to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate2. (Cookery) (tr) to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dry3. (intr) to become dried up[C16: from Latin dēsiccāre to dry up, from de- + siccāre to dry, from siccus dry] ˌdesicˈcation n ˈdesiccative adj

des•ic•cate

(ˈdɛs ɪˌkeɪt)

v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t. 1. to dry thoroughly; dry up. 2. to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate. v.i. 3. to become thoroughly dried. [1565–75; < Latin dēsiccātus dried up, past participle of dēsiccāre=dē- + siccāre, derivative of siccus dry] des`ic•ca′tion, n. des′ic•ca`tive, adj. des′ic•ca`tor, n.

des·ic·cate

(dĕs′ĭ-kāt′) To remove the moisture from something, or dry it thoroughly.

desiccate

Past participle: desiccated
Gerund: desiccating

Imperative
desiccate
desiccate

Present
I desiccate
you desiccate
he/she/it desiccates
we desiccate
you desiccate
they desiccate

Preterite
I desiccated
you desiccated
he/she/it desiccated
we desiccated
you desiccated
they desiccated

Present Continuous
I am desiccating
you are desiccating
he/she/it is desiccating
we are desiccating
you are desiccating
they are desiccating

Present Perfect
I have desiccated
you have desiccated
he/she/it has desiccated
we have desiccated
you have desiccated
they have desiccated

Past Continuous
I was desiccating
you were desiccating
he/she/it was desiccating
we were desiccating
you were desiccating
they were desiccating

Past Perfect
I had desiccated
you had desiccated
he/she/it had desiccated
we had desiccated
you had desiccated
they had desiccated

Future
I will desiccate
you will desiccate
he/she/it will desiccate
we will desiccate
you will desiccate
they will desiccate

Future Perfect
I will have desiccated
you will have desiccated
he/she/it will have desiccated
we will have desiccated
you will have desiccated
they will have desiccated

Future Continuous
I will be desiccating
you will be desiccating
he/she/it will be desiccating
we will be desiccating
you will be desiccating
they will be desiccating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been desiccating
you have been desiccating
he/she/it has been desiccating
we have been desiccating
you have been desiccating
they have been desiccating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been desiccating
you will have been desiccating
he/she/it will have been desiccating
we will have been desiccating
you will have been desiccating
they will have been desiccating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been desiccating
you had been desiccating
he/she/it had been desiccating
we had been desiccating
you had been desiccating
they had been desiccating

Conditional
I would desiccate
you would desiccate
he/she/it would desiccate
we would desiccate
you would desiccate
they would desiccate

Past Conditional
I would have desiccated
you would have desiccated
he/she/it would have desiccated
we would have desiccated
you would have desiccated
they would have desiccated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	desiccate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"dehydratepreserve, keep - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
	2.	desiccate - remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"dehydratedry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
	3.	desiccate - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"dry up, exsiccate, dehydratedry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
Adj.	1.	desiccate - 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.Roloarid, desiccateddull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

desiccate

verb1. To make or become free of moisture:dehydrate, dry (out), exsiccate, parch.2. To make or become no longer active or productive:deplete, dry up, give out, play out, run out.

Translations

essiccarenoce di cocco seccastagionaredisidrataredisseccare