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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. thoroughly dried out;
- Example: "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"
- Example: "dried-out boards beginning to split"
[syn: desiccated, dried-out]

2. preserved by removing natural moisture;
- Example: "dried beef"
- Example: "dried fruit"
- Example: "dehydrated eggs"
- Example: "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
[syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]

3. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
- Example: "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
- Example: "a desiccate romance"
- Example: "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
[syn: arid, desiccate, desiccated]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Bodies desiccated by heat or age.        --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

desiccated
    adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
           cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn:
           desiccated, dried-out]
    2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
       fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut
       meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]
    3: 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 [syn: arid, desiccate,
       desiccated]