dehydrate

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dehydrate

/diːhaɪˈdɹeɪt/ UK
/diːˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ UK
/ˌdihaɪˈdɹeɪt/ Canada, US
/diˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ Canada, US
/diːhɑɪˈdɹæɪt/ Australia
/diːˈhɑɪdɹæɪt/ Australia

verb dehydrates · dehydrating · dehydrated

transitive To remove water from; to dry up. dehydrate food
intransitive To lose water from one's body; to become dehydrated. dehydrate rapidly

Similar: desiccate, exsiccate, parch · Opposite: hydrate, moisten, moisturize, soak

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verb

Similar: desiccate, exsiccate, parch · Opposite: hydrate, moisten, moisturize, soak

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verb to lose or remove water

Español	deshidratar
日本語	脱水する dassui suru
Português	desidratar
Français	déshydrater
Deutsch	dehydrieren
Italiano	disidratare
Română	deshidrata
Русский	обезво́живать obezvóživatʹ, обезво́дить obezvóditʹ, дегидрати́ровать degidratírovatʹ

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@misc{dehydrate_2026,
  title = {dehydrate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dehydrate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}