MEANING
To remove moisture or become thoroughly dried.
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- desiccate tissue
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The heat desiccated the tissue.
The specimen desiccated inside the case.
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Word forms
- Base
- desiccate
- Past tense
- desiccated
- Past participle
- desiccated
- Present participle
- desiccating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- desiccate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are desiccating
- Present perfect
- have/has desiccated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been desiccating
- Past
- desiccated
- Past continuous
- was/were desiccating
- Past perfect
- had desiccated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been desiccating
- Future
- will desiccate
- Future continuous
- will be desiccating
- Future perfect
- will have desiccated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been desiccating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: desiccate; desiccates; desiccated; desiccated; desiccating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: desiccates.
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