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    desiccate

    desiccate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word desiccate

    Definition
    (verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from
    Synonyms : dehydrate
    Example Sentence
    • carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
    Definition
    (verb) remove water from
    Synonyms : dehydrate
    Example Sentence
    • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
    Definition
    (verb) lose water or moisture
    Synonyms : dehydrate , dry up , exsiccate
    Example Sentence
    • In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
    Definition
    (adj) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
    Synonyms : arid , desiccated
    Example Sentence
    • a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
    • a desiccate romance
    • a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desiccate

desi cake is always dried up.

"Desert Cake": Cake that has been dried out and turned dull in taste.

Desi+cat is always dry because if she will be wet she will be called bheegi billi...remember 9xm.

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Dessicate =Desi(hindi) =Land Cate is similar to cactus Hence land where cactus grows which means dry and arid

"Desi Katte" dekhte hi sab sookh jaate hain.

Desiccate=The Sukka(dry) ate eat.

sounds close to decant

Desi cat hamesha dry hoti h

Cat(CATE) is carrying dashboard(DESI) in a very dry(DRY UP) area and suffering from dehydration(DEHYDRATE)

Desiccate = des (country) + icc + ate; country is been ate by icc cricket so the offices in working days are empty i.e dry up due to match between india & pakistan.

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