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DESICCATED
arid, desiccate, desiccated
(adjective) 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
dried, dehydrated, desiccated
(adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture; “dried beef”; “dried fruit”; “dehydrated eggs”; “shredded and desiccated coconut meat”
desiccated, dried-out
(adjective) thoroughly dried out; “old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars”; “dried-out boards beginning to split”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
desiccated
simple past tense and past participle of desiccate
Adjective
desiccated (comparative more desiccated, superlative most desiccated)
dried
Source: Wiktionary
DESICCATE
Des"ic*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] Etym: [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.]
Definition: To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.
Des"ic*cate, v. i.
Definition: To become dry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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