"desiccated" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪtəd/ [UK] Forms: desiccated [positive], more desiccated [comparative], most desiccated [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is desiccated, it has been dried out.
    Sense id: simple-desiccated-en-adj-n3mG7N3V

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪtəd/ [UK] Forms: desiccate [canonical], desiccates [third-person, singular], desiccated [past], desiccated [past, participle], desiccating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|desiccat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of desiccate.
    Sense id: simple-desiccated-en-verb-PzFcCbg8
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    },
    {
      "form": "more desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "If something is desiccated, it has been dried out."
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      "id": "simple-desiccated-en-adj-n3mG7N3V"
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    }
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}

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    },
    {
      "form": "desiccates",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "desiccating",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  ],
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}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "If something is desiccated, it has been dried out."
      ]
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  ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "desiccated",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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      ]
    }
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  ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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}

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