Desiccate

['desɪkeɪt] or ['dɛsɪ,ket]

Definition

(v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

(v. i.) To become dry.

Edited by Diana

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Dry, exsiccate, dry up, make dry.

Edited by Angus

Definition

v.t. to dry up.—v.i. to grow dry.—adjs. Desic′cant Desic′cative drying: having the power of drying.—n. an application that tends to dry up sores.—n. Desiccā′tion the act of desiccating: state of being desiccated.

Editor: Ned