desiccate

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
2. (transitive) To preserve by drying.
3. (intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up.

Adj

Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.

Noun

A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.

Concetti

disseccare

essiccare

stagionare

disidratare

seccare

disidratarsi

asciugare

insecchirsi

inaridirsi

essiccarsi

insecchire

prosciugarsi

Opposto di

hydrate, moisten, moisturize, wet

sinonimi

dry

dehydrate

desiccated

dry up

arid

exsiccate

air

dry out

dehumidify

straight

thirsty

tumble

kiln-dry

to become dry

oast-dry

blight

brut

dried

freeze-dry

parched

run dry

stagnate

starve

Traduzioni

dessécher

déshydrater

drogen

sécher

uitdrogen

desecar

dörren

kurutmak

verdrogen

secar

trocknen

aride

effacer

aérer

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin dēsiccō (“to dry completely, dry up”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) + siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + siccate.