From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
dehydrate \de*hy"drate\, verb (used with an object) To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol; to dehydrate food for preservation.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
dehydrate \de*hy"drate\, verb (used without an object)
1. to lose water or moisture. [PJC]
2. to lose sufficent water to cause physiological distress; -- of living organisms; as, victims trapped in the earthquake rubble may dehydrate if not found quickly. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" [syn: {desiccate}]
2: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" [syn: {desiccate}]
3: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" [syn: {dry up}, {desiccate}] [ant: {hydrate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "dehydrate": air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, dehumidify, desiccate, drain, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, marinade, marinate, mummify, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen
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