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exsiccate

/ɛkˈsɪk.eɪt/

Translations

exsiccateverb

exsiccated

Past Simple

exsiccated

Past Participle

exsiccating

Gerund

/ɛkˈsɪk.eɪt/

dessécherUsage technique ou scientifique ; peut être transitif ou intransitif.

The botanist needed to exsiccate the plant samples before storing them in the herbarium.

Le botaniste devait dessécher les échantillons de plantes avant de les conserver dans l’herbier.

Additional translations

sécherSens plus général ; courant dans des contextes descriptifs.

Synonyms

exsiccateverb

To remove moisture from something; to dry out.

The botanist needed to exsiccate the plant samples before storing them in the herbarium.

To lose moisture and become dry; to desiccate.

After days in the desert sun, the clay began to exsiccate and crack.