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de·hy·drate
 dehydrate
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- pronunciation:
- di
haI
dreIt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
dehydrates, dehydrating, dehydrated |
| definition 1: |
When something dehydrates, it loses water. It dries out.
The body dehydrates quickly during exercise in hot weather. |
| definition 2: |
When people dehydrate a food, they remove water from it in order to make it last a long time.
Grapes are dehydrated to make raisins. |
| related words: |
evaporate |
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| derivations: |
dehydration (n.), dehydrator (n.) |
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