desiccated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
   desiccate; dehydrate.
   
   • carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
2. verb remove water from
   desiccate; dehydrate.
   
   • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
3. verb lose water or moisture
   desiccate; dehydrate; dry up; exsiccate.
   
   • In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
4. adjective satellite thoroughly dried out
   dried-out.
   
   • old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars
   • dried-out boards beginning to split
5. adjective satellite preserved by removing natural moisture
   dehydrated; dried.
   
   • dried beef
   • dried fruit
   • dehydrated eggs
   • shredded and desiccated coconut meat
6. adjective satellite lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
   desiccate; arid.
   
   • 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

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