Desiccated
adjective
Completely dried out or dehydrated.
The desert was filled with desiccated plants, withering under the scorching sun.
Often appears as...
- desiccated soil
- desiccated coconut
adjective
Lacking interest, passion, or energy.
His desiccated delivery made the lecture extremely dull and tedious.
Often appears as...
- desiccated tone
- desiccated passion
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Disapproving
adjective
Completely dried out or dehydrated.
The desert was filled with desiccated plants, withering under the scorching sun.
Often appears as...
- desiccated soil
- desiccated coconut
adjective
Lacking interest, passion, or energy.
His desiccated delivery made the lecture extremely dull and tedious.
Often appears as...
- desiccated tone
- desiccated passion
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Change
Desiccated describes a physical state, often caused by extreme drying conditions.
The harsh sunlight desiccated the once vibrant flowers.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocations
Often used with 'coconut', 'soil', or 'remains' to describe their dryness.
Packaged food often contains desiccated coconut.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity of Dryness
Indicates an extreme level of dryness, beyond simply 'dry'.
The drought left the land desiccated and barren.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Change
Desiccated describes a physical state, often caused by extreme drying conditions.
The harsh sunlight desiccated the once vibrant flowers.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocations
Often used with 'coconut', 'soil', or 'remains' to describe their dryness.
Packaged food often contains desiccated coconut.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity of Dryness
Indicates an extreme level of dryness, beyond simply 'dry'.
The drought left the land desiccated and barren.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Change
Desiccated describes a physical state, often caused by extreme drying conditions.
The harsh sunlight desiccated the once vibrant flowers.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocations
Often used with 'coconut', 'soil', or 'remains' to describe their dryness.
Packaged food often contains desiccated coconut.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity of Dryness
Indicates an extreme level of dryness, beyond simply 'dry'.
The drought left the land desiccated and barren.
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Video examples
Spotting the World's...
reen, Yeah, so that right there, when those cells that have completely dried out and completely desiccated come into contact with water, they immediately activate and the chlorophyll activates inside. and immediately comes back and starts photosynthesizing, bringing them back to life an incredible drought resistant plant.
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Sandra Postel: Troubled...
it calling it a milk and honey wilderness a land of a hundred green lagoons but you go there today and it's a pretty desiccated place of salt flats and mud flats from the lack of water so these are the two opening projects and with with these and with all other projects in the pipeline you'll see a
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How we can make crops...
but very much alive. And anything that is that dry and still alive, we call desiccation-tolerant. In the desiccated state, what seeds can do is lie in extremes of environment for prolonged periods of time. The next time the rainy season comes, they germinate and grow,
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Safari Live - Day 272 PIPE...
to get the best that he can but it really isn't easy at all now the hyenas will be probably quite happy because there's a lot of both of these skeletons that are lying around or dried out wildebeest that have desiccated and so with this kind of rain it will just
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Grave Secrets of...
against now I say the skin has been preserved it is a skin impression the actual tissues which made up the skin are gone it is left the impression on the mud sand sands which was sort of pushed up against what was probably a desiccated carcass it's almost
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The most Martian place...
that these microorganisms may still be active in the desiccated state, like walking mummies all around us, and that they may be using UV radiation as a source of energy. If confirmed, this would have a huge impact on our definition of life,
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Growing Food on Mars PIPE...
everything is desiccated it's just all dried out but underneath that we see the soil is very different it's got carbon hydrogen nitrogen oxygen phosphorus so you probably be bringing that type of soil into an area that you then can
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Craig Venter: On the...
back together exactly as it was before. We have thousands of organisms that can do this. These organisms can be totally desiccated; they can live in a vacuum. I am absolutely certain that life can exist in outer space,
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Can you solve the...
As Numberland’s best detective, you thought you’d seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers— whole numbers greater than 0— have been showing up all over the city for the past week.
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Advocating for gender...
candor principal intelligence vision no evidence of paranoia my God my God how will the legions of mouldy desiccated
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
reen, Yeah, so that right there, when those cells that have completely dried out and completely desiccated come into contact with water, they immediately activate and the chlorophyll activates inside. and immediately comes back and starts photosynthesizing, bringing them back to life an incredible drought resistant plant.
Video examples
Sandra Postel: Troubled...
it calling it a milk and honey wilderness a land of a hundred green lagoons but you go there today and it's a pretty desiccated place of salt flats and mud flats from the lack of water so these are the two opening projects and with with these and with all other projects in the pipeline you'll see a
Video examples
How we can make crops...
but very much alive. And anything that is that dry and still alive, we call desiccation-tolerant. In the desiccated state, what seeds can do is lie in extremes of environment for prolonged periods of time. The next time the rainy season comes, they germinate and grow,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 272 PIPE...
to get the best that he can but it really isn't easy at all now the hyenas will be probably quite happy because there's a lot of both of these skeletons that are lying around or dried out wildebeest that have desiccated and so with this kind of rain it will just
Video examples
Grave Secrets of...
against now I say the skin has been preserved it is a skin impression the actual tissues which made up the skin are gone it is left the impression on the mud sand sands which was sort of pushed up against what was probably a desiccated carcass it's almost
Video examples
The most Martian place...
that these microorganisms may still be active in the desiccated state, like walking mummies all around us, and that they may be using UV radiation as a source of energy. If confirmed, this would have a huge impact on our definition of life,
Video examples
Growing Food on Mars PIPE...
everything is desiccated it's just all dried out but underneath that we see the soil is very different it's got carbon hydrogen nitrogen oxygen phosphorus so you probably be bringing that type of soil into an area that you then can
Video examples
Craig Venter: On the...
back together exactly as it was before. We have thousands of organisms that can do this. These organisms can be totally desiccated; they can live in a vacuum. I am absolutely certain that life can exist in outer space,
Video examples
Can you solve the...
As Numberland’s best detective, you thought you’d seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers— whole numbers greater than 0— have been showing up all over the city for the past week.
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
candor principal intelligence vision no evidence of paranoia my God my God how will the legions of mouldy desiccated
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Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One source of charm in the English landscape is the full, placid stream the season through; no desiccated watercourses will you see there, nor any feeble, decrepit brooks, hardly able to get over the ground.
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Liz Truss
British Politician
If we just had an election which is a kind of desiccated calculation, obviously I think the Conservatives have the best economic plans, but it is about more than that. It is about the overall person.
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Aneurin Bevan
Welsh Politician
I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.
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David Shields
American Author
I am truly bored with 99 per cent of conventional novels. I do think it's a somewhat desiccated form.
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John Burroughs
American Author
A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One source of charm in the English landscape is the full, placid stream the season through; no desiccated watercourses will you see there, nor any feeble, decrepit brooks, hardly able to get over the ground.
Quote examples
Liz Truss
British Politician
If we just had an election which is a kind of desiccated calculation, obviously I think the Conservatives have the best economic plans, but it is about more than that. It is about the overall person.
Quote examples
Aneurin Bevan
Welsh Politician
I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.
Quote examples
David Shields
American Author
I am truly bored with 99 per cent of conventional novels. I do think it's a somewhat desiccated form.
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