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v. To dry out thoroughly.

v. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.

v. To make dry, dull, or lifeless.

verb-intransitive. To become dry; dry out.

adj. Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind” ( J.R. Salamanca).

v. to dry

v. to preserve by drying

v. To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying.

verb-intransitive. To become dry.

To dry; deprive of moisture; expel moisture from; especially, to bring to a thoroughly dry state for preservation, as various kinds of food.

To become dry.

Dry; dried.

v. lose water or moisture

adj. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

v. preserve by removing all water and liquids from

v. remove water from

"Specifically, that means a time when liquid water appears to have run freely around the planet, and when Mars had a magnetic field surrounding it that enabled a much thicker atmosphere to act as a shield against the ravages of the solar wind and the ultraviolet radiation that now desiccate the surface."

dull   

moisturize    moisten    wet   

desiccated    desiccates    desiccating   

dry    dry out    preserve    keep   

desiccating tube   

desiccant    desiccative    desiccator    desiccation   

desiccated    desiccating   

dry    parch    dehydrate