āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
desiccate
/dËÉsÉĒkËeÉĒt/
to desiccate
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āĻļā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to preserve something, like food, by ridding it of all its moisture
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After harvesting, they desiccated the grains to prevent spoilage.
āĻĢāĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to lose moisture and become dried up
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The flowers desiccate quickly in the scorching desert heat.
āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻŽā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make thoroughly dry
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The heatwave threatened to desiccate crops across the region.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
desiccate
01
lacking energy, passion, or liveliness
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His once vibrant personality had grown desiccate after years of disappointment.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
desiccated
desiccation
desiccate
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