Object

• body: I drink lots of water as most of my diving is in tropical climates and I know diving dehydrates the body.

• food: We don't seem to have said much about dehydrated food we carried.

• patient: NSAIDs should be used with caution because of their propensity to precipitate acute tubular necrosis in elderly, dehydrated patients.

Present participle complement

• stop: Our air-dry bags enable the baits to breath and slowly dehydrate stopping them going off.

Adjective complement

• due: A: " Our hands become very dehydrated due to the fact that we use them in almost all our daily activities.

Modifying Another Word

• severely: His 11-month-old son is severely dehydrated from diarrhea, which should be easily treated.

• badly: For the past week, Ali has suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, leaving him badly dehydrated.

• quickly: Young children get dehydrated very quickly in warm weather.

• slightly: Despite trying to drink as much water and energy mix as possible I still felt slightly dehydrated by the end.

• easily: The water of life Gradual, steady loss of body water is a factor of aging and older people do become dehydrated more easily.

Used with why or when

• when: Always carry a bottle of water in your rucksack, as it is easy to become dehydrated when walking.

Infinitive complement

• form: Example 2: If the alcohol ethanol is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid it is dehydrated to form the alkene gas ethene plus water.

Preposition: in

• heat: His leg was severely broken, and after a long night he was getting increasingly dehydrated in the intense daytime heat and sun.

• weather: Young children get dehydrated very quickly in warm weather.