1. (

• dehydrate ,
• desiccate ,

) preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" ;

2. (

• dehydrate ,
• desiccate ,

) remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" ;

3. (

• exsiccate ,
• dehydrate ,
• dry_up ,
• desiccate

) lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" ;

1. (

• arid ,
• desiccate ,
• desiccated

) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo ;