hydrate

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Pronunciation

• enPR: hīʹdrāt, IPA: /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

Noun

hydrate (plural hydrates)

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

Translations

• French: hydrate
• German: Hydrat
• Italian: idrato
• Portuguese: hidrato
• Russian: гидра́т
• Spanish: hidrato

Verb

hydrate (hydrates, present participle hydrating; past and past participle hydrated)

1. (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

   A lotion can hydrate the skin.

2. (slang) To drink water.
3. (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables

Synonyms

• (to add water to) bewater

Translations

• Italian: idratare
• Russian: гидрати́ровать
• Spanish: hidratar

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