dehydrating
present participle ofdehydrate
dehydrate
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌdiː.haɪˈdreɪt/us/ˌdiː.haɪˈdreɪt/tolosewater, or tocausewaterto belostfrom something,especiallyfrom a person'sbody:
Airtraveldehydrates thebody.
You'll dehydrate veryquicklyin thisheatif you don'tdrinklotsofwater.
Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
- aridity
- as dry as a boneidiom
- bone
- bone dryidiom
- dehydrate
- desertification
- desiccate
- dried
- drought
- drysomethingup
- dryness
- frazzled
- frizzled
- hyper-arid
- overdry
- parch
- parched
- sandstorm
- sun-baked
- ultra-dry
Examplesofdehydrating
dehydrating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Because of low permeability to water vapour, these dressings are notdehydratingto the wound.
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The strength of this approach is that it also takes into account the cost ofdehydratingthe helix backbone and the energy for salt-bridge formation.
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The polymerization reaction occurred by taking advantage of the high polarity of molten urea as well as itsdehydratingability.
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Another possible approach is heating of amino acids to bring aboutdehydratingcondensation.
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The superhelical structures form coils and filaments associated with the cytoskeleton, and finally generate intracellular filament networks within thedehydratingcells.
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In both cases, the large energy cost required fordehydratingthe permeating ion must be compensated by strong and tight interactions with the protein channel.
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These data showed that urea played important roles as both a solvent and adehydratingreagent in the polymerization of alanine.
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Likewise, the effect of a 'dehydratingagent ' or ' water-structure breaker ' is likely to be greater on the nearby surfaces than on the water.
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The cytoplasmic channels, present in the outer part of the intine of the mature,dehydratingpollen grain, degenerate and develop into electron-dense inclusions.
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Also, isocyanic acid, a decomposition product of urea, was suggested to act as adehydratingagent in the thermal reaction.
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How many plants have we in this country fordehydratingfood?
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I understand that this is a new and successful process ofdehydratingfood and preserving it for a long period without losing its flavour.
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All food preservation depends on arresting the rate of spoilage, whether by curing or salting, which goes back centuries, by canning, by freezing, bydehydratingor, nowadays, by irradiation.
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High-energy phosphate bonds are pyrophosphate bonds, acid anhydride linkages formed by taking phosphoric acid derivatives anddehydratingthem.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The osmolality in the plasma is lower than the surrounding water, which isdehydratingfor the animal.
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