| VERB | change | dry up, exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate | lose water or moisture |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | dry up, mummify | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture |
| Meaning | Lose water or moisture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate | |
| Entailed by | freeze-dry | preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum |
| Broader | dry, dry out | Remove the moisture from and make dry |
| Opposite | hydrate | Cause to be hydrated |
| Spanish | desecarse, desecar, deshidratarse, deshidratar | |
| Catalan | deshidratar-se, dessecar-se | |
| Meaning | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | mummify | |
| Broader | shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture |
| Similar to | mummify | Remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it |
| Spanish | momificarse, momificar, secarse | |
| Catalan | momificar-se, momificar | |
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