desiccate

Meaning

Verb

1. To remove moisture from; to dry.
2. To preserve by drying.
3. 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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

dessécher

drogen

déshydrater

uitdrogen

sécher

desecar

secar

dörren

verdrogen

kurutmak

Hyphenated as

de‧sic‧cate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin dēsiccāre (“to dry completely, dry up”) + -ate (verb suffix indicating acting in the specified manner). Dēsiccāre is the infinitive of dēsiccō (“to desiccate, dry up; to drain dry”) (from dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) + siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-) + -āre.
The adjective is derived from Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of dēsiccō: see above. The noun is derived from the adjective.