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Dessicate

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dry upverb(intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
desicate
dehydrateverb(transitive) To remove water from; to dry up.

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hydratenoun(slang) To drink water.

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dry upverb(intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
dehydrateverb(transitive) To remove water from; to dry up.
desicateverb
desiccateverb(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
exsiccateverb(transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
exiccateverbObsolete form of exsiccate. [(transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.]
kippernounA split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
dry outverb(colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
siccateverb(transitive, obsolete) To dry.
deteriateverbMisspelling of deteriorate. [(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.]
denegrateverbMisspelling of denigrate. [(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.]
dry offverb(transitive) To make dry.
parchnounThe condition of being parched.
dehumidifyverbTo reduce the moisture in a body of air; to lower the humidity.
destoryverbMisspelling of destroy. [(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.]
dewaterverbTo remove water from.
moistenverb(transitive) To make moist or moister.
chalkenverb(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become dry or desiccated, like chalk
desaltnoun(transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate.
shrivelverb(intransitive) To become wrinkled.

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