HYDRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrate mean? 

• HYDRATE (noun)
  The noun HYDRATE has 1 sense:

1. any compound that contains water of crystallization

  Familiarity information: HYDRATE used as a noun is very rare.

• HYDRATE (verb)
  The verb HYDRATE has 3 senses:

1. supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance

2. become hydrated and combine with water

3. cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to

  Familiarity information: HYDRATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any compound that contains water of crystallization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hydrate" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydrate"):

monohydrate (a hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound)

Derivation:

hydrate (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to)

• HYDRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hydrate    ... he / she / it hydrates   
Past simple: hydrated   
Past participle: hydrated   
-ing form: hydrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently

Hypernyms (to "hydrate" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Verb group:

hydrate (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become hydrated and combine with water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "hydrate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

hydrate (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

hydration (the process of combining with water; usually reversible)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

hydrate your skin

Hypernyms (to "hydrate" is one way to...):

humidify; moisturise; moisturize (make (more) humid)

Verb group:

hydrate (become hydrated and combine with water)

hydrate (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hydrate"):

slack; slake (cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

dehydrate (lose water or moisture)

Derivation:

hydrate (any compound that contains water of crystallization)

hydration (the process of combining with water; usually reversible)

 Context examples 

This implies that the sites rich in hydrated carbonates have been exposed due to recent activity on the surface.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

After oral administration of cefcapene pivoxil hydrochloride hydrate the ester bond is cleaved, releasing active cefcapene.

(Cefcapene Pivoxil Hydrochloride Hydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes NAD(P)H-hydrate epimerase protein, plays a role in both NAD metabolism and apolipoprotein A-I binding.

(APOA1BP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet.

(NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars, NASA)

For example, salts can become hydrated by pulling water vapor from the atmosphere, and this process can form drops of salty water.

(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)

The amount of water in this block of hydrated rock is considerable, the scientists said.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)

NAD(P)H-hydrate epimerase (288 aa, ~32 kDa) is encoded by the human APOA1BP gene.

(NAD(P)H-Hydrate Epimerase, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrated acetate salt form of magnesium.

(Magnesium Acetate Tetrahydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

There are different types of laxatives that differ in mechanism of action and potency, including the bulk-producing agents, stool softeners, lubricants, hydrating agents, stimulants, saline laxatives and hyperosmotic agents.

(Laxative, NCI Thesaurus)

Water in the form of hydrated salt has been identified at RSL sites.

(Mars Gullies Likely Not Formed by Liquid Water, NASA)