hydrate
hydrate
Definition
hy·drate (hī′drāt′)
noun
a compound formed by the chemical combination of water and some other substance in a definite molecular ratio plaster of Paris, 2CaSO·HO, is a hydrate
Etymology: hydr(o)- + -ate
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·drat′ed, -·drat′·ing
- to become or cause to become a hydrate
- to combine with water
hy·dra′·tion noun
hy′·dra′·tor noun
hydrate
Usage Examples
Object
- skin: Water is important to help keep the skin hydrated.
- ion: The water molecules will hydrate the ions, and will therefore become more organized, rather than randomized in the liquid.
- formula: Layer two - A three movement facial massage is given with a hydrating formula.
- cream: A densely hydrating cream that actually lifts up, firms up skin.
- body: All of us should aim to drink at least 2 liters of fluid a day to keep our bodies fully hydrated.
- patient: Treatment Keep the patient well hydrated, ie give plenty to drink.
Adjective complement
- oft-overlooked: Don't forget to'dew up ' that décolletage, and be sure to hydrate oft-overlooked surrounding areas as well.
Modifying Another Word
- adequately: Children need to be adequately hydrated during all school lessons in order to maximize their learning potential.
- strongly: The greatest effect is due to the most strongly hydrated anions.
- properly: A useful guide to checking whether you are properly hydrated is to look at the color of your urine.
- fully: How much water do we need to drink to be fully hydrated?
- well: The patient should be well hydrated prior to the study.
Modifies a noun
- saturation: The mean hydrate saturation in the well-constrained volume of the velocity model is estimated to be 2.2 % .
- formation: Testing with hydrate former to identify water with a history of hydrate formation.
- stability: This work yielded the first detailed 3-D seismic velocity model of a methane hydrate stability zone.
- zone: This work yielded the first detailed 3-D seismic velocity model of a methane hydrate stability zone.
Preposition: in
- heat: LATEST NEWS Keeping hydrated in the heat In the current hot weather itâs more important than ever to keep hydrated.
Noun used with modifier
- chloral: He made a very brief examination of Miss X believing, incorrectly, that she had been given chloral hydrate.
- methane: Test drilling in the area revealed evidence of an abundance of methane hydrate just waiting to burst free of its watery confines.
- gas: Twice as much carbon is stored in gas hydrates as in all known deposits of fossil fuels.
Browse dictionary entries near hydrate
- hydrastis
- hydrastine
- hydranth
- hydrant
- hydrangea
- hydracid
- Hydra
- hydr-
- Hyderabad
- Hyde Park
- hydraulic
- hydraulic ram
- hydraulics
- hydrazide
- hydrazine
- hydrazoate
- hydrazoic acid
- hydric
- -hydric
- hydride
