Definition of "desiccates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desiccate. (verb)

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• "In the arid Southwest, bark desiccates and can blow around the yard."
• "On the ants— apparently the key ingredient in ALL the colony-killers is boric acid, which doesn't poison them but desiccates them."
• "If it desiccates when you're not having any, what will you do about it?"