| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | anhydrate, bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, freeze-dry, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, soak up, sponge, stale, swab, torrefy, towel, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen |
| Antonyms: | dampen, soak, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | baked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cooked in oven |
| Synonyms: | dried, heated, melted, scorched, simmered, stewed, warmed |
| Main Entry: | blot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soak up |
| Synonyms: | absorb, dry, take up |
| Antonyms: | dampen, moisten, soak, wet |
| Main Entry: | coagulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clot |
| Synonyms: | clabber, coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up, harden, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, set, solidify, thicken |
| Antonyms: | dilute, dissolve, melt, open, thin, unclot |
| Main Entry: | concrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardened |
| Synonyms: | caked, calcified, cemented, compact, compressed, congealed, conglomerated, consolidated, dried, firm, indurate, monolithic, petrified, poured, precast, set, set in stone, solid, solidified, steeled, strong, unyielding |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
| Antonyms: | bending, flexible, pliable |
| Main Entry: | congeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coagulate |
| Synonyms: | cake, clabber, clot, concrete, condense, curdle, dry, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinate, gelatinize, glob up, harden, indurate, jell, jellify, jelly, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
| Antonyms: | dissolve, liquify, melt, separate, thin |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook, age food |
| Synonyms: | dry, fire, harden, keep, kipper, pickle, preserve, salt, smoke, steel, temper |
| Main Entry: | dehydrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | cotton-mouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear |
| Antonyms: | hydrate, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
| Antonyms: | moisten, moisturize, wet |