to remove water from, esp. in large-scale processing of sewage, chemicals, etc.
dewater in American English
(diˈwɔtər, -ˈwɑtər)
transitive verb
to remove the water from; drain; dehydrate
Derived forms
dewaterer
noun
Word origin
[1905–10; de- + water]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, push-up, revolving door, stabilizer, white listde- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound)
Examples of 'dewater' in a sentence
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Knot rejects obtained from pulp screening after sulphite pulping are difficult to dewater, which makes landfilling expensive and burning inefficient.
Xiao Zhang, Maobing Tu, Michael Paice, George Sacciadis, Zhihua Jiang, Naceur Jemaa,Alain Thibault 2010, 'BIOCONVERSION OF KNOT REJECTS FROM A SULPHITE PULP MILL TO ETHANOL', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_05_1_0023_Zhang_TPSJJT_Bioconversion_KNot_Rejects_Sulfite_Ethanol/483. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Based on this analysis, radar measurements (pixels) representing areas requiring approximately the same time to dewater are grouped.
R. Teschl, W. L. Randeu 2006, 'A neural network model for short term river flow prediction', Natural Hazards and Earth System Scienceshttp://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/6/629/2006/nhess-6-629-2006.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)