Desiccated has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of desiccate
Adjective
1
thoroughly dried out
"old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"
"dried-out boards beginning to split"
2
preserved by removing natural moisture
"dried beef"
"dried fruit"
"dehydrated eggs"
"shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
3
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
"a desiccate romance"
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"
Example Sentences
"old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"
adjective
"dried-out boards beginning to split"
adjective
"dried beef"
adjective
"dried fruit"
adjective
"dehydrated eggs"
adjective
"shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
adjective
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
adjective
"a desiccate romance"
adjective
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"
adjective