ALL meanings of dehydrate
de·hy·drate
D d - verb dehydrate When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it. 3
- verb dehydrate If you dehydrate or if something dehydrates you, you lose too much water from your body so that you feel weak or ill. 3
- verb dehydrate to lose or cause to lose water; make or become anhydrous 3
- verb dehydrate to lose or cause to lose hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms in the proportions in which they occur in water, as in a chemical reaction 3
- verb dehydrate to lose or deprive of water, as the body or tissues 3
- verb transitive dehydrate to remove water from (a compound, substance, body tissues, etc.); dry 3
- intransitive verb dehydrate to lose water; become dry 3
- transitive verb dehydrate remove moisture from 1
- transitive verb dehydrate person: cause to lose essential water 1
- intransitive verb dehydrate dry out, be deprived of moisture 1
- intransitive verb dehydrate person, body: lose essential water 1
- verb with object dehydrate to deprive (a chemical compound) of water or the elements of water. 1
- verb with object dehydrate to free (fruit, vegetables, etc.) from moisture for preservation; dry. 1
- verb with object dehydrate to remove water from (the body or a tissue). 1
- verb with object dehydrate to deprive of spirit, force, or meaning; render less interesting or effectual. 1
- verb without object dehydrate to lose water or moisture: Milk dehydrates easily. 1
- noun dehydrate Cause (a person or a person's body) to lose a large amount of water. 1
- verb dehydrate to lose or remove water; to dry. 0