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desiccated

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des·ic·cate  (ds-kt)
v. des·ic·cat·ed, des·ic·cat·ing, des·ic·cates
v.tr.
1. To dry out thoroughly.
2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.
3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless.
v.intr.
To become dry; dry out.
adj. also (-kt)
Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).

[Latin dsiccre, dsicct- : d-, de- + siccre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]

desic·cation n.
desic·cative adj.
desic·cator n.

desiccated [ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪtɪd]
adj
1. (Cookery) (Chemistry) dehydrated and powdered desiccated coconut
2. lacking in spirit or animation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.desiccated - thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split"
dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
2.desiccated - preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
preserved - prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
3.desiccated - lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

desiccated
adjective
1. dried, dehydrated, dry, powdered desiccated flowers and leaves
2. dull, dry, lifeless, passionless, spiritless, dry-as-dust a desiccated and boring individual
Translations
desiccated [ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd]
A. ADJ
1. (= dried) → seco
2. (fig) [person] → marchito, mustio
B. CPD desiccated coconut Ncoco rallado y seco

desiccated
adjgetrocknet; (fig)vertrocknet

desiccated [ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪtɪd] adjessiccato/a
desiccated coconut → noce f di cocco essiccata
desiccated [ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪtɪd] adjessiccato/a
desiccated coconut → noce f di cocco essiccata

desiccated
adj desiccated [ˈdesikeitid]
completely dried out desiccated coconut. uitgedroogde مُجَفَّف изсушен (vy)sušený, vyschlý udtørret gedörrt αποξηραμένος desecado kuivatatud خشک کرده kuivunut (des)séché מְיוּבָּש सुखाया हुआ isušen (ki)szárított kering þurrkaður essiccato 乾燥した 바싹 마른 (iš)džiovintas izžuvis; kaltēts jemur gedroogd uttørket, knusktørr wysuszony dessecado deshidratat, uscat сушёный sušený posušen isušiti torr, uttorkad ตากแห้ง kurutulmuş 乾燥的 висушений سوکھا ہوا bị sấy khô


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A few shrivelled and blackened vestiges of what had once been stuffed animals, desiccated mummies in jars that had once held spirit, a brown dust of departed plants: that was all
Next, aided by anxious sailors, he and Daughtry dropped into the lazarette through the cabin floor, and began breaking out and passing up a stream of supplies--cases of salmon and beef, of marmalade and biscuit, of butter and preserved milk, and of all sorts of the tinned, desiccated, evaporated, and condensed stuff that of modern times goes down to the sea in ships for the nourishment of men.
 
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