Dehydrate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dehydrate \de*hy"drate\, v. t.
     To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to
     dehydrate alcohol; to dehydrate food for preservation.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  dehydrate \de*hy"drate\, v. i.
     1. to lose water or moisture.
        [PJC]
  
     2. to lose sufficent water to cause physiological distress;
        -- of living organisms; as, victims trapped in the
        earthquake rubble may dehydrate if not found quickly.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dehydrate
       v 1: preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry
            dehydrated food on your camping trip" [syn: {desiccate}]
       2: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has
          dehydrated me" [syn: {desiccate}]
       3: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated
          very quickly" [syn: {dry up}, {desiccate}] [ant: {hydrate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "dehydrate":
     air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn,
     corn, cure, dehumidify, desiccate, drain, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt,
     embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume,
     insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, marinade, marinate,
     mummify, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate,
     rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure,
     soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen,
     wipe, wither, wizen