desiccated

(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from. Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate. Example: "Carry dehydrated food on your camping trip."

(verb) remove water from. Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate. Example: "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me."

(verb) lose water or moisture. Synonyms: exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate. Example: "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly."

(adj) thoroughly dried out. Synonyms: dried-out. Examples: "Old boxes of desiccated cuban cigars." "Dried-out boards beginning to split."

(adj) preserved by removing natural moisture. Synonyms: dried, dehydrated. Examples: "Dried beef." "Dried fruit." "Dehydrated eggs." "Shredded and desiccated coconut meat."

(adj) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless. Synonyms: arid, desiccate. Examples: "A technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata." "A desiccate romance." "A prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-c.j.rolo."