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dörren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drying noun The process of removing moisture from something.
  • evaporate verb To turn from a liquid into a vapor or gas.
  • jerk verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.

Senses

dörren is used for these senses in English:

  • desiccate (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree. [from late 16th c.]
  • drying A method of food preservation by removing water.
  • evaporate (transitive) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.
  • jerk To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

evaporate — full definition

  1. verb To turn from a liquid into a vapor or gas.
  2. verb To vanish or fade away completely.

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