1. Verb
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
2. Verb
To become dry.
3. Adjective
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
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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