desiccated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: desiccated	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for desiccated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
desiccated adj thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" Synonym(s): desiccated, dried-out preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" Synonym(s): dried, dehydrated, desiccated lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo Synonym(s): arid, desiccate, desiccated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desiccate \Des"iccate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See {Sack} wine.] To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated* by heat or age. --Bacon.