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EXSICCATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exsiccate mean?
• EXSICCATE (verb)
The verb EXSICCATE has 1 sense:
1. lose water or moisture
Familiarity information: EXSICCATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they exsiccate ... he / she / it exsiccates
Past simple: exsiccated
Past participle: exsiccated
-ing form: exsiccating
... he / she / it exsiccates Past simple: exsiccated
Past participle: exsiccated
-ing form: exsiccating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose water or moisture
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dehydrate; desiccate; dry up; exsiccate
Context example:
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
Hypernyms (to "exsiccate" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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