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- Dictionarydesiccated/ˈdɛsɪkeɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. having had all moisture removed; dried out: "the withered, desiccated landscape"
- 2. lacking vitality or interest: "a desiccated history of ideas"
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DESICCATED definition: 1. dried, with the moisture removed: 2. not interesting or completely without imagination: 3…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESICCATED is dried up : preserved by drying. How to use desiccated in a sentence.
to remove the moisture from something so it becomes completely dry; to lose all moisture and become completely dry: Intensive farming has desiccated the land. Some plants wither quickly and lose their power of recovery if allowed to desiccate. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to lose moisture and become dry.
verb. des· ic· cate ˈde-si-ˌkāt. desiccated; desiccating. Synonyms of desiccate. transitive verb. 1. : to dry up. the desiccated land. 2. : to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate. desiccated coconut. 3. : to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality.
Define desiccated. desiccated synonyms, desiccated pronunciation, desiccated translation, English dictionary definition of desiccated. v. des·ic·cat·ed , des·ic·cat·ing , des·ic·cates v. tr. 1. To dry out thoroughly. 2. To preserve by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry. 3.
To be desiccated is to be dried out. If you like desiccated fruit, you like dried fruit — such as raisins or dried apricots. Something that's described with the adjective desiccated is extremely dry, or parched.
Definition of 'desiccated' desiccated. (desɪkeɪtɪd ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Desiccated things have lost all the moisture that was in them. [formal] ...desiccated flowers and leaves. Synonyms: dried, dehydrated, dry, powdered More Synonyms of desiccated. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
