"desiccate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation, archaic], /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desiccate.wav Forms: more desiccate [comparative], most desiccate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of dēsiccō: see above. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēsiccātus||dried up}} Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|dēsiccō|-ate|id2=adjective|lang1=la|pos2=adjective-forming suffix}} Latin dēsiccō + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} desiccate (comparative more desiccate, superlative most desiccate)
  1. Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated. Synonyms: dried
    Sense id: en-desiccate-en-adj-R9lySLT9 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation, archaic], /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/ [General-American], /ˈdɛsɪkət/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desiccate.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desiccate2.wav Forms: desiccates [plural]
Etymology: From the substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|dēsiccō|-ate|id2=substantive|lang1=la|pos2=noun-forming suffix}} Latin dēsiccō + -ate (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} desiccate (plural desiccates)
  1. A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.
    Sense id: en-desiccate-en-noun-FT9Oh8qS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation, archaic], /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desiccate.wav Forms: desiccates [present, singular, third-person], desiccating [participle, present], desiccated [participle, past], desiccated [past]
Etymology: From Latin dēsiccō (“to dry completely, dry up”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) + siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”) + -āre (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seyk-}}, {{af|en|la:dēsiccō|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix|t1=to dry completely, dry up}} Latin dēsiccō (“to dry completely, dry up”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|la|dē-|siccō|nocat=1|pos1=a prefix|t1=completely, to exhaustion|t2=to dry; to drain, exhaust}} dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) + siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), {{af|la|siccus|-āre|nocat=1|pos2=first conjugation verb-forming suffix|t1=dry}} siccus (“dry”) + -āre (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)
  1. (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry. Tags: transitive Synonyms: dehydrate, exiccate [obsolete], exsiccate, parch Translations (to remove moisture from — see also dry): изсушавам (izsušavam) (Bulgarian), drogen (Dutch), dehydreren (Dutch), deshydrateren (Dutch), ontwateren (Dutch), uitdrogen (Dutch), verdrogen (Dutch), kuivata (Finnish), trocknen (German), dörren (German), triomaigh (Irish), whakatārehe (Maori), tauraki (Maori), tørke (Norwegian), dessecar (Portuguese), ch'akichiy (Quechua), deshidrata (Romanian), desecar (Spanish), kurumak (Turkish), висушувати (vysušuvaty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transitive) To preserve by drying. Tags: transitive Translations (to preserve by drying): суша (suša) (Bulgarian), drogen (Dutch), kuivata (Finnish), trocknen (German), dörren (German), deshidrata (Romanian), disecar (Spanish), kurutmak (Turkish), засушувати (zasušuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-desiccate-en-verb-bpdmWjBG Disambiguation of 'to preserve by drying': 6 89 5
  3. (intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-desiccate-en-verb-dB1T~TS0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: desiccated [adjective], desiccated coconut, desiccatedly, desiccating [adjective, noun], desiccation, desiccative, desiccator Related terms: desiccant, exiccate, exiccation [obsolete], exsiccant, exsiccate, exsiccation, exsiccative, exsiccator
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[…] As in Bodies deſsiccate, by Heat, or Age; For in them, when the Natiue Spirit goeth forth, and the Moiſture with it, the Aire with time getteth into the Pores.",
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          "ref": "1876 February, Henry Gibbons, “Notes on the Climate of San Francisco and of California, with Special Relation to Pulmonary Disorders”, in Henry Gibbons, Henry Gibbons, Jr., editors, Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XVIII, number 9, San Francisco, Calif.: Bonnard & Daly, printers, […], →OCLC, page 403:",
          "text": "Except on the borders of the ocean, and on the mountain sides where it deposits moisture in a visible form, the sea breeze has a drying effect. It desiccates the soil with rapidity.",
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          "ref": "1924 July, Howard A[twood] Kelly, William Neill, Jr., “The Treatment of Tumors of the Bladder”, in Charles Wood Fassett, editor, The Medical Herald and Physiotherapist, volume XLIII, number 7, Kansas City, Mo.: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 161, column 2:",
          "text": "[George A.] Wyeth, who is also a first class surgeon, as well as urologist, has made use of the desiccation and endothermic method to destroy tumors in the bladder by making a suprapublic opening and then penetrating and desiccating the disease in an area all around the base of the tumor which is then undermined, desiccated, and removed.",
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          "ref": "1970, Stanley B. Carpenter, Jay R. Bentley, Charles A. Graham, “Results”, in Moisture Contents of Brushland Fuels Desiccated for Burning (U.S.D.A. Forest Service Research Note; PSW-202), Berkeley, Calif.: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:",
          "text": "At the time of spring burning in 1968 the leaves and small stems of standing manzanita plants had been thoroughly desiccated by the spray treatment first applied in November, 1966.",
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          "ref": "1974 May, James O. Dealy, Arthur M. Killin, “Appendix B: Sampling and Analytical Techniques”, in Engineering and Cost Study of the Ferroalloy Industry (Publication; no. EPA-450/2-74-008), North Carolina: Office of Air and Waste Management, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, →OCLC, page B-7, column 3:",
          "text": "Transfer the acetone washings to a tared beaker and evaporate to dryness at ambient temperature and pressure. Desiccate and dry to a constant weight.",
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          "ref": "1929 July, “Uncle Gib”, “Children’s Corner”, in Gibsonia Gazette, volume 3, number 8, Perth, W.A.: Issued by the House of Foy & Gibson, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-30, page 6:",
          "text": "The nuts are then passed into a double disc machine, and this travelling at a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute desiccates the coconut.",
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          "ref": "1975, Committee on Food Protection, Food and Nutrition Board, Division of Biological Sciences, Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research Council, “Nuts, Macaroni, and Noodle Products and Dry Blended Food”, in Prevention of Microbial and Parasitic Hazards Associated with Processed Foods: A Guide for the Food Processor, Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, →ISBN, page 71:",
          "text": "All equipment used for removing the meat from the shell and for grinding, shredding, drying, classifying, and desiccating the coconut should be clean and free from pathogens.",
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          "text": "The nuts are then passed into a double disc machine, and this travelling at a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute desiccates the coconut.",
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          "ref": "1842, Erasmus Wilson, “Diseases of the Hairs and Hair-follicles”, in A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, & Treatment of Diseases of the Skin: […], London: John Churchill, […], →OCLC, pages 345–346:",
          "text": "Favus is a chronic inflammation of the hair-follicles, associated with the production of a peculiar yellowish substance which surrounds the cylinder of the hair, and is seen through the epidermis as a minute circular spot, not raised above the level of the skin. The yellow substance, after a short period, escapes from the follicles upon the surface of the epidermis, and desiccates into yellowish friable crusts, forming a distinct cup with an inverted border, around the base of each hair.",
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          "ref": "1846 October, “Preservation of Fruits”, in E[benezer] Emmons, A. Osborn, O. C. Gardiner, editors, American Quarterly Journal of Agriculture and Science, volume IV, number VIII, New York, N.Y.: Huntington & Savage, […], →OCLC, pages 301–302:",
          "text": "A dry atmosphere also preserves organic bodies from decay. This is exemplified in some parts of Texas and South America, where meat is readily preserved, though the country is warm if not hot. The fluids simply evaporate, and leave the harder parts to dessicate.^([sic – meaning desiccate])",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to remove moisture from — see also dry",
      "word": "whakatārehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to remove moisture from — see also dry",
      "word": "tauraki"
    },
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to remove moisture from — see also dry",
      "word": "tørke"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to remove moisture from — see also dry",
      "word": "dessecar"
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      "sense": "to remove moisture from — see also dry",
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      "code": "ro",
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