dehydrate
verb
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Dehydrating food is a good way to preserve it; raisins, which are dehydrated grapes, are a good example. Dehydration through industrial processes makes it possible to keep food even longer and store it in a smaller space. Freeze-drying produces food that only needs rehydration—that is, the addition of water—to restore its original consistency. Runners, cyclists, and hikers fearful of dehydration seem to be constantly hydrating themselves nowadays, sometimes even using a shoulder pack with a tube going straight into the mouth. Dehydrate can also be used for making something "dry" or "lifeless;" thus, a dull teacher can dehydrate American history, and an unimaginative staging can dehydrate a great Shakespeare play.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 June 2024
Our body actually sends a hunger signal if we are dehydrated.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Children or infants who are dehydrated may cry with few or no tears and be unusually sleepy or fussy.
—Stephanie Booth, Health, 2 June 2024
The toddler was unresponsive and also dehydrated when police found her with those severe injuries at an Arlington apartment in November 2018.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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“Dehydrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dehydrate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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