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.
Examples of dehydrate in a Sentence
Rachael Zimlich, Bsn, Rn, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Making matters worse is the fact their horses are dehydrated.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The appliance includes 10 preset cooking functions, including toast, bagel, air fry, broil, bake, pizza, reheat, cookies, slow cook, and dehydrate, and offers a large enough capacity to feed up to seven people.
—Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The mixology team is hard at work infusing, distilling, and dehydrating seasonal ingredients, including rare honey produced by stingless bees endemic to Costa Rica.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Dehydrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dehydrate. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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