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Dehydrate   /dɪhˈaɪdreɪt/   Listen
verb
dehydrate  v. t.  To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol; to dehydrate food for preservation.


dehydrate  v. i.  
1.
To lose water or moisture.
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.





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"Dehydrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... both dehydrate and decompose. The result of the dehydration is the formation of caramel and related products, which comprise the principal coloring matters in coffee infusion. That portion of the carbohydrates known as pentosans gives rise to furfuraldehyde, one ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... the sections in turn to a capsule containing absolute alcohol (to dehydrate) and to one containing xylol or oil of cloves ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre
... hydrochloric acid (one part dilute acid (1.12 sp. gr.) to three parts of water). Allow the filter to drain for a few moments, then place a clean beaker below the funnel and wash with water until free from chlorides, discarding these washings. Evaporate the original filtrate to dryness, dehydrate at 110 deg.C. for one hour (Note 3), and proceed as before, using a second filter to collect the silica after the second dehydration. Wash this filter with warm, dilute hydrochloric acid (Note 4), and finally with hot water until free ...
— An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis - With Explanatory Notes • Henry P. Talbot
... dessicator; hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier; vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln; lyophilizer. clothesline. V. be dry &c adj.. render dry &c adj.; dry; dry up, soak up; sponge, swab, wipe; drain. desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate^; parch. kiln dry; vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry; hang out to dry. mummify. be fine, hold up. Adj. dry, anhydrous, arid; adust^, arescent^; dried &c v.; undamped; juiceless^, sapless; sear; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


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