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hydrate

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/haɪˈdɹeɪt/
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/haɪˈdɹeɪt/ · /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ · /hɑɪˈdɹæɪt/ · /ˈhɑɪdɹæɪt/

Definition of hydrate

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
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noun

  1. A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
  2. (rare)Water.

verb

  1. (transitive)To take up, consume or become linked to water.
    “A lotion can hydrate the skin.”
  2. (slang)To drink water.
  3. To load data from a database record into an object's variables

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.

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7 words

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2-letter words

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