drying up
the process of extracting moisture • Syn: dehydration, desiccation, evaporation • Derivationally related forms: evaporate (for: evaporation), desiccate (for: desiccation), dehydrate (for: dehydration) • Hypernyms: extraction • Hyponyms: freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation, inspissation • Part Holonyms: plastination
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