desiccate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.

   “[…] As in Bodies deſsiccate, by Heat, or Age; For in them, when the Natiue Spirit goeth forth, and the Moiſture with it, the Aire with time getteth into the Pores.”

2. fiil To preserve by drying.

   “The nuts are then passed into a double disc machine, and this travelling at a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute desiccates the coconut.”

3. fiil To become dry; to dry up.

   “A dry atmosphere also preserves organic bodies from decay. This is exemplified in some parts of Texas and South America, where meat is readily preserved, though the country is warm if not hot. The fluids simply evaporate, and leave the harder parts to dessicate.^([sic – meaning desiccate])”

4. sıfat Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.

   “It [the byssus fungus] is not only capable of propagation by the most minute fragments, however rudely detached, but it also retains the principle of revivification for years together when in a desiccate state.”

5. isim A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.

   “The Cy dyes are shipped as a desiccate in sealed packs.”