dehydrate
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de·hy·drate
(dē-hī′drāt′)v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates
v.tr.
1. To remove water from; make anhydrous.
2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). See Synonyms at dry.
3. To deplete the bodily fluids of: The hot weather dehydrated the runners.
v.intr.
To lose water or bodily fluids.
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dehydrate
(diːˈhaɪdreɪt; ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪt)vb
1. to lose or cause to lose water; make or become anhydrous
2. (Chemistry) to lose or cause to lose hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms in the proportions in which they occur in water, as in a chemical reaction
3. (Medicine) to lose or deprive of water, as the body or tissues
ˌdehyˈdration n
deˈhydrator, deˈhydrater n
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de•hy•drate
(diˈhaɪ dreɪt)v. -drat•ed, -drat•ing. v.t.
1. to free (fruit, vegetables, etc.) from moisture for preservation; dry.
2. to cause abnormal loss of water from (the body).
3. to deprive (a chemical compound) of water or the elements of water.
v.i. 4. to lose body fluids or water.
[1875–80]
de•hy′dra•tor, n.
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dehydrate
Past participle: dehydrated
Gerund: dehydrating
| Imperative |
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| dehydrate |
| dehydrate |
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| Verb | 1. | dehydrate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" |
| 2. | dehydrate - remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" | |
| 3. | dehydrate - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" hydrate - cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin" |
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dehydrate
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dehydrate
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Translations
يُزيل الماء، يُجَفِّف
dehydrovat
dehydreretørre
dehidrál
òurrkaòurrkun; úrvötnun; òornun líkamsvefja
dehidratacijadehidruotisudžiovinti
atūdeņotdehidrēt
dehydrovať
kurutmaksuyunu almak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dehydrate
[ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪt diːˈhaɪdreɪt] vt
(= dry) [+ food, thing] → déshydrater
[+ person, body] → déshydrater
vi [person] → se déshydrater
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dehydrate
vt → Wasser entziehen (+dat), → dehydrieren (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dehydrate
(diːhaiˈdreit) verb to remove water from or dry out (especially foodstuffs). Vegetables take up less space if they have been dehydrated.
ˌdehyˈdration nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
de·hy·drate
vt. deshidratar, eliminar el agua de una sustancia;
deshidratarse, perder líquido del cuerpo o de los tejidos.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012