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dehydrate
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dehydrate /de·hy·drate/ (de-hi´drat) to remove water from (a compound, the body, etc.).
de·hy·drate (d-hdrt)
v.
1. To remove water from; make anhydrous.
2. To preserve by removing water from something, such as vegetables.
3. To deplete the bodily fluids of an individual.

dehydrate
1. to undergo the process of dehydration.
2. reduce the moisture content of a feed by drying.


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Plan to drink more than usual if you are flying in a plane, have a cold or flu, are exposed to extreme weather (cold weather and high altitudes are just as dehydrating as sizzling summer days), or if you are a woman who is pregnant or nursing.
Cusumano joined Newhall Land in 1971 when the company bought two dehydrating plants in the California Delta and another in Colorado, where he was the general manager.
She and other members of Teamsters Local 890 opposed the garlic and onion dehydrating company when it imposed a wage freeze, a two-tier wage system, a change in the pension plan, and an increase in the co-pay for health insurance.
 
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