desiccate

Adjective
  1. Lacking vitality or spirit;
    Lifeless (synset 300810561)
    "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"
    similar to: dull - lacking in liveliness or animation
    same as: arid, desiccated
Verb
  1. Preserve by removing all water and liquids from (synset 200213216)
    "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
    is a type of: keep, preserve - prevent (food) from rotting
    same as: dehydrate
  2. Remove water from (synset 200211822)
    "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
    is a type of: dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry
    same as: dehydrate
  3. Lose water or moisture (synset 200211534)
    "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
    is a type of: dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry
    same as: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate

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