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dehydrate

/ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪt/verb

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सुखाना, निर्जलित करना

Core word

verb
  1. 1

    [T]

    to remove the water from something, especially food, in order to preserve it

    सुखाना, निर्जलित करना

    • The vegetables are dehydrated and sold in packets.
    • Farmers dehydrate chillies in the sun so that they last all year.
    • Raisins are made when grapes are dehydrated in the sun.
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    • This machine can dehydrate fruit slices in a few hours.
    • Campers often carry dehydrated soup that is light to carry.

    Synonyms dry desiccate

    Opposite rehydrate

  2. 2

    [I, T]

    to lose too much water from your body; to make somebody lose too much water

    शरीर में पानी की कमी होना, निर्जलीकरण होना

    • Drink plenty of water so that you don't dehydrate in the heat.
    • Marathon runners can dehydrate quickly if they skip the water stops.
    • Children can dehydrate quickly when they have a stomach bug.
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    • Coffee and tea can make you dehydrate faster in hot weather.
    • If you do not drink enough water, you will dehydrate.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

dehydrate sth (transitive: remove water)

With food, dehydrate means to dry it to preserve it.

खाने के साथ 'dehydrate' का अर्थ उसे सुखाकर सुरक्षित रखना है।

  • They dehydrate mangoes to make dried slices.
  • The factory dehydrates onions for export.

sb / sth dehydrates (intransitive)

A person or thing dehydrates when it loses too much water.

व्यक्ति या वस्तु में पानी की बहुत कमी होने पर वह dehydrate होती है।

  • Children dehydrate fast in hot weather.

dehydrate + sb (cause)

Illness or heat can dehydrate a person.

बीमारी या गर्मी किसी व्यक्ति को dehydrate कर सकती है।

  • Severe diarrhoea can dehydrate a child.

be dehydrated vs dehydrate

The state is be dehydrated; the process is dehydrate or become dehydrated.

स्थिति 'be dehydrated' है; प्रक्रिया 'dehydrate' या 'become dehydrated' है।

  • He became dehydrated after the race.

dehydrate vs dry

Dry is the everyday word; dehydrate is used for a technical process or a medical condition.

'Dry' रोज़मर्रा का शब्द है; 'dehydrate' तकनीकी प्रक्रिया या चिकित्सीय स्थिति के लिए आता है।

  • Dry the clothes in the sun.
  • The factory dehydrates fruit.
+Collocations 5

dehydrate + food

fruitvegetablesmilkherbsmeat

  • Farmers dehydrate chillies in the sun.

adverb + dehydrate

quicklyeasilyslowlycompletelypartly

  • Babies can dehydrate very quickly.

cause + dehydrate

heatillnesssweatingvomitingfever

  • Heavy sweating can dehydrate the body.

dehydrate + method

in the sunin an ovenwith a machineby freezingby smoking

  • We dehydrate herbs in the oven.

dehydrate + noun

the bodythe skinthe fruitthe plantthe soil

  • A dry wind can dehydrate the skin.
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  • Drink water regularly, or you will dehydrate in the summer.

नियमित रूप से पानी पिएँ, नहीं तो गर्मी में शरीर में पानी की कमी हो जाएगी।

  • Radhika's grandmother dehydrates mango peel to make a spice.

राधिका की दादी मसाला बनाने के लिए कच्चे आम के छिलके सुखाती हैं।

  • Tea and coffee can dehydrate you if you drink too much.

बहुत अधिक चाय और कॉफ़ी पीने से शरीर में पानी की कमी हो सकती है।

  • Soldiers in the desert dehydrate fast without water.

रेगिस्तान में पानी के बिना सैनिकों के शरीर में जल्दी पानी की कमी हो जाती है।

  • The plant dehydrated in the sun and began to droop.

पौधा धूप में सूख गया और मुरझाने लगा।

  • Doctors warned that diarrhoea could dehydrate the child within hours.

डॉक्टरों ने चेताया कि दस्त से बच्चे में कुछ ही घंटों में पानी की कमी हो सकती है।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ He was dehydrate after the match.

✓ He was dehydrated after the match.

After was, use the adjective dehydrated.

'Was' के बाद विशेषण 'dehydrated' आता है।

◇Word family
dehydration noundehydrated adjective