- 1[transitive, usually passive] dehydrate something to remove the water from something, especially food, in order to preserve it
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] to lose too much water from your body; to make a person's body lose too much water Runners can dehydrate very quickly in this heat. dehydrate somebody the dehydrating effects of alcohol
dehydrate
verbNAmE//diˈhaɪdreɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dehydrate ,
he / she / it dehydrates ,
past simple dehydrated -ing form dehydrating
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NAmE//ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] to suffer from dehydration NAmE//ˌdiˈhaɪdreɪtəd//
adjective Drink lots of water to avoid becoming dehydrated.See dehydrate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: dehydrate