Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective thoroughly dried out.
  • adjective suffering from fluid deprivation.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrate.
  • adjective From which the water has been removed.
  • adjective Suffering from dehydration.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
  • adjective preserved by removing natural moisture

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Examples

  • Only if my lips feel like they're going to fall off in dehydrated chunks.

    Wanton Memery darkerblogistan 2009

  • When I got up this morning, I was feeling dehydrated from the heat.

    Two weeks in Veracruz: a travel diary 2008

  • When I got up this morning, I was feeling dehydrated from the heat.

    Two weeks in Veracruz: a travel diary 2008

  • One of the consequences of being dehydrated is a feeling of general weakness.

    Archive 2003-08-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003

  • One of the consequences of being dehydrated is a feeling of general weakness.

    notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003

  • Our huge selection of long term dehydrated food and freeze dried food can meet any emergency food storage need.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • In Cardassian script, the container’s contents were described as dehydrated vole bellies.

    DARK VICTORY WILLIAM SHATNER 1999

  • Do not confuse with evaporated milk, also known as dehydrated milk, which is a shelf-stable canned milk product with about 60 percent of the water removed from fresh milk, and with no added sugar.

    The Christmas Cookie Cookbook Ann Pearlman 2010

  • If your child is having difficulty breathing, if they are dehydrated, that is they are very dried out, they are vomiting and they are not able to keep fluids down, they need to come in and be seen.

    CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009 2009

  • If your child is having difficulty breathing, if they are dehydrated, that is very dried out, they are vomiting and not able to keep fluids down, they need to come in and be seen.

    CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009 2009

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