dehydrateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌdiː.haɪˈdreɪt/us/ˌdiː.haɪˈdreɪt/to lose water, or to cause water to be lost from something, especially from a person's body:
Air travel dehydrates the body.
You'll dehydrate very quickly in this heat if you don't drink lots of water.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
- arid
- aridity
- as dry as a bone idiom
- bone
- bone dry idiom
- desertification
- desiccation
- dried
- dry
- dry (sth) out
- dry up
- dust devil
- frazzled
- parch
- parched
- sandstorm
- semi-arid
- subarid
- sun-baked
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