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hydrate

[hahy-drayt] / ˈhaɪ dreɪt /
VERB
moisturize, water
Synonyms
STRONG
combine with water drink water irrigate moisturize provide with water water
WEAK
Antonyms


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He has to constantly hydrate, so he places big cups of water on both sides of the stage with straws, but sometimes the crew and other actors help him pick up the cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The word hydrate means that water molecules are built into the material's structure.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

“This is the world’s game ... we have to figure out how to help players at all levels and ages to have the ability to thermoregulate, hydrate, how to do it well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

This is an organization which has delivered us the “hydration break,” a useless pause created to sell sponsorships, I mean, hydrate players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Mother called a hospital in Utah and begged them to give her an IV. “I need to hydrate him,” she said.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Methanol helps prevent freezing and the accumulation of solid hydrates that can plug gas-compression equipment and limit pipeline flow, and it acts as a solvent and corrosion inhibitor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Frozen methane hydrates are trapped inside subsea permafrost and mixed with sediments across the deep ocean floor.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024

The bottom line is water is essential, hydrates us and has countless other health benefits.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024

The challenge now is making sure everyone hydrates well to recover as quickly as possible.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Of these, which we may regard as his detached efforts, the most important was his investigation of the hydrates and other salts of phosphorus.

From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke

This could be getting a good night sleep, staying hydrated or having time off your phone.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Rain watered crops, and soaked in to recharge the groundwater that hydrated the city — something that can’t happen now, when something like 40% of the city is covered over, impermeable to rain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

For most of us, that will keep us well hydrated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

All three moons appear to contain the same hydrated mineral, but researchers have not yet been able to determine exactly what it is.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

“This will keep you hydrated tomorrow during practice. The last thing I want is for you to collapse because you’re malnourished,” Akhi said.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

She starts by using an exfoliating mitt to apply an oil-based Nerra cleanser and follows with Prequel’s Gleanser, a hydrating, glycerin-based wash that she also uses on her face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"You need to be eating a balanced diet, training well, sleeping right, recovering well, hydrating – all of those things – before we add in all of the extras."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

After the analysis, she was able to pick from care packages, each with a different purpose, such as slowing aging, hydrating the skin, clarifying it or brightening it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The fruit is also made up of about 92% water, making it a hydrating option during hot weather or after exercise.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

She produced an oblong cake of soap in a black case, a hydrating mask, a vial of cell renewal drops, and two tubes of face cream.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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