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