desiccating
Making bone dry
Desiccating means drying out completely, removing all moisture.
The term appears in scientific and technical contexts—desiccating agents absorb water, desiccating heat parches landscapes.
Figuratively, something desiccating drains vitality or interest: The desiccating effect of bureaucracy on creative work.
The word carries connotations of thoroughness, leaving nothing but dried remains.
Liquid turning to gas
- witheringDrying and declining
- parchingMaking intensely dry
- shrivelingContracting from moisture loss
- wiltingLosing turgor and drooping
crisping · scorching · baking · wizening · sere · atrophy · dehydrating · air-drying
To leave behind completely
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- barrenUnable to produce
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
dust · sunbaked · waterless · scorched · outback · badlands · bone-dry · rainless
Cured meat snack
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- taxidermyPreserving animal skins lifelike
- freeze-dryingPreservation through vacuum sublimation
- curingRestoring health or preserving
smoking · salting · embalming · dehydrator · biltong · pemmican · stockfish · preserved
evaporation
Liquid turning to gas
- witheringDrying and declining
- parchingMaking intensely dry
- shrivelingContracting from moisture loss
wilting · crisping · scorching · baking · wizening · sere · atrophy · dehydrating · air-drying · shrinking
desert
To leave behind completely
wasteland · dust · sunbaked · waterless · scorched · outback · badlands · bone-dry · rainless · thirst
jerky
Cured meat snack
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- taxidermyPreserving animal skins lifelike
- freeze-dryingPreservation through vacuum sublimation
curing · smoking · salting · embalming · dehydrator · biltong · pemmican · stockfish · preserved · archival
- dryingdrying, air drying, sun drying, freeze drying, dehydrating
- wilting actionswilting, withering, drooping, sagging, drying
desiccatinghydrating
Supplying with fluid
moistening · wetting · saturating · soaking · dousing
desiccatingnourishing
Promoting health through food
reviving · rejuvenating · refreshing · revitalizing · replenishing