desiccates

Meaning of desiccates

verb, 3rd person present
  1. remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
    both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun
    years of drought have desiccated the soil

late 16th century: from Latin desiccat- ‘made thoroughly dry’, from the verb desiccare .

Information about desiccates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of desiccates is: desiccate.
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Hyphenation of desiccates

des-ic-cates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • desiccates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

desiccates synonyms

Meaning preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture:

dried

Meaning become dry:

dry

Meaning having lost a large amount of water from the body:

dehydrated

Meaning in the form of powder:

powdered

desiccates antonyms

Meaning slightly wet:

moist

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