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to hydrate

to hydrate

1 7.9
To fill a program object or screen with data from a server
  • verb
  • /haɪˈdreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hidratar
  • The application will automatically hydrate the user interface with data from the server.

Examples

  • After fetching the data, the system will hydrate the model to update the displayed information.

  • To make sure the object is properly configured, you need to hydrate it with the correct parameters.

  • It's wise to hydrate it.

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  • I think it would be the skin foods, just because it's all natural and it just really hydrates my skin a lot.

  • In December last year, Opportunity and crew found evidence of hydrated calcium.

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  • So I'm just going to put them down in alternating colors and then put the hydrate sticker right on top.

  • It will also hydrate and deoxidize you—who would not like to be less dry and less rusty?

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Idioms

A joking phrase telling someone to drink water to avoid getting dehydrated

Compounds

chloral hydrate
  • Specialized
1 9.5

Medicine that makes you sleep but can upset the stomach and make you dependent

calcium hydrate
  • Specialized
6.6

A white chemical that can burn skin, used in building and farming to make soil less acidic

lime hydrate
  • Specialized
7.4

A white powder used in plaster and to make soil less acidic

How Filled

to populate
  • Specialized
15 4.9
to hydrate
  • Specialized
1 7.9
preload
  • Specialized
5.3
to initialize
  • Specialized
14 6.3
to instantiate
  • Specialized
2 8.8

Surface Forms

hydrate infinitive
hydrated past
hydrated past participle
hydrating present participle
hydrates third person singular

Etymology

The computing use of hydrate borrows the same Greek root hydor 'water' but as a clear image: a helpful way to remember it is to think of 'filling' an object with data, just like filling a cup with 'water'.