transcription, транскрипция: [ di:haɪdreɪt, -haɪdreɪt ]
( dehydrates, dehydrating, dehydrated)
1.
When something such as food is dehydrated , all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
Normally specimens have to be dehydrated.
= dry
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
• de‧hy‧drat‧ed
Dehydrated meals, soups and sauces contain a lot of salt.
ADJ
2.
If you dehydrate or if something dehydrates you, you lose too much water from your body so that you feel weak or ill.
People can dehydrate in weather like this...
Alcohol quickly dehydrates your body.
VERB : V , V n
• de‧hy‧dra‧tion
...a child who’s got diarrhoea and is suffering from dehydration.
N-UNCOUNT