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hydrated

hydrated

4.4
Containing water inside its solid crystals, as some salts and minerals
  • adjective
  • /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hidratado
  • The scientists analyzed the properties of hydrated minerals, which contain water molecules in their structure.
  • hydrated skin

Examples

  • In chemistry class, we learned that hydrated salts can lose water when heated, leading to changes in their appearance.

  • Hydrated compounds often appear in crystalline form, indicating they contain water that is chemically combined.

  • But basically it's a highly hydrated or water rich gel.

  • You want it just to look hydrated, healthy, and glowing.

  • So my face definitely feels super super hydrated and nourished.

  • With this one, you feel clean, but it feels hydrated and plumped.

  • So I wake up with perfect, hydrated, plump skin.

  • Now, once that's on, our skin is hydrated and clean and protected.

  • It looks like your skin is just hydrated and super, super healthy and balanced.

  • I just think it really gives me like lovely soft, hydrated, glowy rosy skin.

Synonyms

hydrous
vshydrated
  • Specialized
1 8.9

Containing water inside its structure, like many minerals and crystals

is the same meaning but provides an alternative wording for the concept

Compounds

8.1

A white mineral made of aluminium and water that forms small crystals

hydrated lime
  • Specialized
6.1

A white powder used in building, farming, and cleaning water

hydrated oxide
  • Specialized
7.8

A substance made when an oxide combines with water

How Thirsty

parched
13 4.7
thirsty
179 1.0
unthirsty
7.5
hydrated
  • Specialized
4.4

Surface Forms

hydrated positive

Morphology

hydrated = hydrate (transparent) = hydrate + ed

A regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'hydrate' indicating containing or combined with water.

Etymology

Hydrated comes from an old Greek root hydor meaning 'water', the same root you see in hydrant and dehydrated. In chemistry, hydrated means a substance 'contains water' as part of its structure, so the origin explains why the word is about having water.