DESALINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desalinate mean? 

• DESALINATE (verb)
  The verb DESALINATE has 1 sense:

1. remove salt from

  Familiarity information: DESALINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESALINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they desalinate    ... he / she / it desalinates   
Past simple: desalinated   
Past participle: desalinated   
-ing form: desalinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove salt from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

desalinate; desalinise; desalinize; desalt

Context example:

desalinate water

Hypernyms (to "desalinate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

salinate (add salt to)

Derivation:

desalination (the removal of salt (especially from sea water))