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Adjective: dehydrated  dee'hI-drey-tid
  1. Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
    "fever resulted from becoming dehydrated"; "was dehydrated after the marathon"
     
  2. Preserved by removing natural moisture
    "dehydrated eggs";
    - dried, desiccated
Verb: dehydrate  dee'hI-dreyt
  1. Preserve by removing all water and liquids from
    "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip";
    - desiccate
     
  2. Remove water from
    "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me";
    - desiccate
     
  3. Lose water or moisture
    "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly";
    - exsiccate, dry up, desiccate

See also: preserved, unhealthy

Type of: dry, dry out, keep, preserve

Encyclopedia: Dehydrated

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