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hydrated

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verb

past tense of hydrate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hydrated
Adjective
  • The key element of this new strategy is an aqueous solvent for dissolving perovskites.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike flooding, other techniques (for example drip irrigation) do not cause water to overflow the field and runoff into a tributary, where the nutrient pollution enters the wider aqueous ecosystem.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • While this rainfall is not expected to be as extreme as last weekend, the threshold for flash flooding to develop is lower due to the ground being very saturated from recent heavy rain in the region.
    Dan Peck, ABC News, 12 July 2025
  • The saturated ground means even minimal rainfall can trigger further flooding, complicating rescue efforts.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • The pigs were safely loaded, watered and fed while on the island.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Houseplants prefer to be watered with room temperature water and cold water can sometimes shock the plant’s roots and lead to issues.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Traditional evaporators don’t work well in wet weather, but this new material stands up much better to wetting and drying, just like the rainforest birds that inspired it.
    Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
  • Use a garden hose or power washer to thoroughly wet the rug.
    Karen Grossman, Southern Living, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • But summer rainfall can cause cherries to become waterlogged and rupture.
    David Morgan July 11, CBS News, 11 July 2025
  • For the last half-century, America’s population growth has been concentrated in the sweltering, equal parts bone-dry and waterlogged, yet ever-sprawling Sunbelt.
    Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Southern California is about to get drenched by new storms this week.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival once again brings more than 80 dishes to the park drizzled, dipped and drenched in the signature fruit that started it all more than 100 years ago.
    Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The whole thing is bathed in a comforting mushroom gravy, which was perfect on a chilly night.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
  • These last two shots appear to be from the same scene as both figures are bathed in the same red light.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Analytics and technology have flooded the sport.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The president and his blindly loyal aides claim the tariffs, which reached an idiotic 104% in duties on all goods from China overnight, are working because the White House is being flooded with calls from foreign governments.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Hydrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hydrated. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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