desiccates
Meaning of desiccates
verb, 3rd person present
- 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:
Meaning become dry:
Meaning having lost a large amount of water from the body:
Meaning in the form of powder:
desiccates antonyms
Meaning slightly wet:
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