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| de·hy·drate [ dee h dràyt ] (past and past participle de·hy·drat·ed, present participle de·hy·drat·ing, 3rd person present singular de·hy·drates) |
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1. transitive verb food industry preserve food by drying: to remove moisture from food as a way of preserving it
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2. transitive and intransitive verb medicine lose body fluids: to lose water or fluids from the body or its tissues, or cause the body or its tissues to do this
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3. transitive verb chemistry take away water from compound: to deprive a chemical compound of water molecules or of the proportion of hydrogen and oxygen atoms present in water
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