dehydrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To remove water from; to dry up.
To lose water from one's body; to become dehydrated.

Pronunciation

/diːhaɪˈdɹeɪt/ /diːˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ /ˌdihaɪˈdɹeɪt/ /diˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-dehydrate.wav /diːhɑɪˈdɹæɪt/ /diːˈhɑɪdɹæɪt/

Word forms

dehydrate dehydrates dehydrating dehydrated

Etymology

From de- + hydrate.

Synonyms

desiccate exsiccate parch

Antonyms

hydrate moisten moisturize soak

Derived words

cryodehydrate dehydratable dehydratase dehydrative dehydrator diedrate

Translations

Catalan: deshidratar Czech: dehydrovat Danish: dehydrere Dutch: dehydrateren Finnish: kuivata Finnish: kuivattaa Finnish: poistaa vesi French: déshydrater Galician: deshidratar German: dehydrieren Indonesian: mendehidrasi Italian: disidratare Japanese: 脱水する Kazakh: сусыздандыру Manx: jee-ushtaghey Māori: whakamaroke Māori: tauraki Māori: whakatārehe Marathi: निर्जल करणे Marathi: निर्जल होणे Polish: odwodnić Polish: odwadniać Portuguese: desidratar Romanian: deshidrata Russian: обезво́живать Russian: обезво́дить Russian: дегидрати́ровать Spanish: deshidratar Swedish: torka ut Tagalog: patuyuin Tibetan: ཞ་རློན་འཐེན Turkish: kurumak Ottoman Turkish: قورومق Welsh: dadhydradu

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