exsiccate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *exsiccate*:
VERB	change	exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate	lose water or moisture

English > *exsiccate*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Lose water or moisture.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	dehydrate, dry up, 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

HyperDic: exsiccate