What is the meaning of desiccate?

verb

  • Preserve by removing all water and liquids from.
    • usage: "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
  • Remove water from.
    • usage: "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
  • Lose water or moisture.
    • usage: "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

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
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