| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
Antonyms: |
moisten, moisturize, wet |
| Main Entry: | dehydrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
cotton-mouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear |
Antonyms: |
hydrate, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
anhydrate, bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, freeze-dry, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, soak up, sponge, stale, swab, torrefy, towel, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen |
Antonyms: |
dampen, soak, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | evaporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry up, dissolve |
Synonyms: |
clear, concentrate, dehumidify, dehydrate, dematerialize, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, evanish, fade, fade away, melt, parch, pass, vanish, vaporize, weaken |
Antonyms: |
dampen, soak, wet |
| Main Entry: | parch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
Synonyms: |
blister, brown, dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, make thirsty, scorch, sear, shrivel, stale, wither |
Antonyms: |
dampen, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
Synonyms: |
blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | shrivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dehydrate, dry up |
Synonyms: |
burn, contract, desiccate, dwindle, fossilize, mummify, mummy, parch, scorch, sear, shrink, stale, welter, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, expand, grow, unwrinkle |
| Main Entry: | wither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop, decline |
Synonyms: |
atrophy, become stale, blast, blight, collapse, constrict, contract, decay, deflate, desiccate, deteriorate, die, disintegrate, dry, dry up, fade, fold, languish, perish, shrink, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, wilt, wizen |
| Notes: | whither is an adverb meaning 'to what place' or a conjunction meaning 'to which place or condition'; wither is a verb meaning 'to dry up or shrivel' |
Antonyms: |
bloom, grow |
| Main Entry: | devitalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish |
Synonyms: |
deaden, debilitate, desiccate, destroy, disembowel, emasculate, enervate, eviscerate, exenterate, weaken |
Antonyms: |
vitalize |
| Main Entry: | exsiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry |
Synonyms: |
dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, evaporate, parch |