dehydrate

Universal Words verb 1 [VN] [usuallypassive] to remove the water from sth, especially food, in order to preserve it 2 to lose too much water from your body; to make a person's body lose too much water: [V] Runners can dehydrate very quickly in this heat. * [VN] the dehydrating effects of alcohol dehydration noun [U]: to suffer from dehydration