What does desecante in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word desecante in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use desecante in Spanish.

The word desecante in Spanish means drain, rack, dry up. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word desecante

drain

verbo transitivo (secar) (recipient or body of water)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La compañía hotelera desecó el lago para llenar sus albercas y sus fuentes.
The hotel company drained the lake in order to fill its water tanks and fountains.

rack

verbo pronominal (figurado (pensar mucho) (brain)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Se desecó el cerebro buscando la fórmula correcta.
He racked his brains searching for the correct formula.

dry up

verbo pronominal (quedarse seco) (body of water, ground)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
La laguna se ha desecado a causa del crecimiento de la ciudad.
The lake has dried up because of the city's growth.

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