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desiccated
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Desiccated
(gcide) | 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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desiccated
(wn) | desiccated
adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn:
desiccated, dried-out]
2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut
meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]
3: 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] |
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Desiccated
(gcide) | 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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