dehydrating
Draining of water
Dehydrating is the process of removing water or moisture.
Food is dehydrated to preserve it—dried fruits, jerky, instant soups.
A person becomes dehydrated when they lose more fluids than they take in: I was dehydrating in the desert heat.
Dehydrating can also describe the drying effect of something: This winter air is dehydrating my skin.
Thoroughly dehydrated
- witheredDried and shrunken
- shriveledContracted from moisture loss
- wizenedShrunken from age
- sereDried and shriveled
cracked · leathery · papery · crispy · brittle · wrinkled · sapless · curled
Liquid turning to gas
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- air-dryingDrying by ambient exposure
- freeze-dryingPreservation through vacuum sublimation
- dewateringRemoving liquid from solids
vaporization · convection · atomization · desiccant · absorbent · curing · humidity · ventilation
Cured meat snack
To leave behind completely
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- sunbakedDried by solar heat
- barrenUnable to produce
dusty · rainless · evaporative · sirocco · harmattan · baking · sweltering
Fluid from exertion
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
desiccated
Thoroughly dehydrated
sere · cracked · leathery · papery · crispy · brittle · wrinkled · sapless · curled · wilted
evaporation
Liquid turning to gas
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- air-dryingDrying by ambient exposure
- freeze-dryingPreservation through vacuum sublimation
dewatering · vaporization · convection · atomization · desiccant · absorbent · curing · humidity · ventilation · dehumidifier
jerky
Cured meat snack
pemmican · stockfish · bacalao · shelf-stable
desert
To leave behind completely
barren · dusty · rainless · evaporative · sirocco · harmattan · baking · sweltering
perspiration
Fluid from exertion
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- cooking methodsfrying, boiling, baking, grilling, roasting
- dryingdrying, air drying, sun drying, freeze drying, evaporation
- preservationpreserve, preservatives, preservative, canning, freezing
- legume processingdehulling, hulling, shelling, splitting, winnowing
- wilting actionswilting, withering, drooping, sagging, drying
dehydratinghydrating
Supplying with fluid
rehydrating · moisturizing · wetting · soaking · saturating
- dehydration reactionChemical bonding releasing water
- dehydrating agentSubstance that removes moisture
- mild dehydrationModest fluid deficit
- dehydration headachePain from inadequate fluid intake
- dehydration riskThreat from fluid loss