hydrate

noun
/haɪˈdɹeɪt/CA/hɑɪˈdɹæɪt/

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.

  1. borrowed from hydrate

Definitions

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

  2. Water.

  3. To take up, consume or become linked to water.

    • A lotion can hydrate the skin.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To drink water.

    2. To load data from a database record into an object's variables

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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