as in to moisturize
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Recent Examples of hydrate
The best hair masks This mask is designed to hydrate and soften hair and contains a range of moisturizing ingredients, including avocado oil and coconut oil.
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
What to look for in a quality eyelash enhancer
Ingredients
Lash enhancers need high-quality moisturizing ingredients to hydrate the lashes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Water-rich foods such as watermelon, strawberries, oranges, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, lettuces, spinach, bell peppers and zucchini can also hydrate you as well as provide key vitamins and nutrients such as potassium, which helps muscles to contract and supports normal blood pressure.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
This lightweight powder does just that, and also contains kaolin clay and squalane to help absorb oil, control shine, and keep the skin gently hydrated.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
What to look for in a quality eyelash enhancer
Ingredients
Lash enhancers need high-quality moisturizing ingredients to hydrate the lashes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Water-rich foods such as watermelon, strawberries, oranges, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, lettuces, spinach, bell peppers and zucchini can also hydrate you as well as provide key vitamins and nutrients such as potassium, which helps muscles to contract and supports normal blood pressure.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
This lightweight powder does just that, and also contains kaolin clay and squalane to help absorb oil, control shine, and keep the skin gently hydrated.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hydrate
Verb
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Once the pasta is cooked, drain out almost all the water, leaving about 1 tablespoon in the base to use to ‘moisturize’ the dish.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
12 Feb. 2025
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Some nasal sprays contain decongestants that shrink swollen blood vessels in the nasal passages, while others use saline to clear mucus and moisturize the nasal lining.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Add just enough buttermilk to moisten the flour mixture.—
Elizabeth Karmel,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Rinse your mouth with a mixture of one-half teaspoon (3 grams) of salt in 1 cup (240 milliliters) of water to reduce pain and moisten your mouth.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Water Often Onion seeds and indoor seedlings should be watered regularly to keep the soil evenly moist but not soggy.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2025
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Kern waters her rhubarb twice a week via drip irrigation, increasing the watering time as temperatures warm.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
1 Feb. 2025
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Hey Dewy makes a compact, travel-friendly humidifier that humidifies rooms up to 500 square feet.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The system boasted heat and flame detectors, fire retardant, a 2,500-gallon sprinkler system to soak the property and humidify the air for an hour, and autonomy from the power grid.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Steam misted off a bubbling yellow lava; a buttery aroma filled my nostrils.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Sweltering crowds along Nashville's downtown streets had misting tents, hydration stations and Red Frogs volunteers with free water available.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
5 July 2024
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Reed raised his arms aloft in celebration as the crowd went wild, with a large number of them throwing their beverage cups onto the course, showering Reed and the rest of his competitors in beer.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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The problem was that the fires were so big and so fast-moving that the water-supply system was quickly overwhelmed (imagine trying to take a shower at the same time 10,000 neighbors also decide to shower — the pipes simply aren’t designed for that kind of flow).—
Jeff Goodell,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This keeps the plant roots wet longer and can lead to the formation of fungal diseases and root rot.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
24 Jan. 2025
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Movies like High Tension (2003) and Martyrs (2008) would have even Eli Roth wetting his knickers, and Inside is no exception.—
Huntley Woods,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Our favorite version comes from Cap City Diner in Columbus, which features thick-cut kettle chips drizzled with a garlicky alfredo sauce, topped with Maytag blue cheese and chives, and heated until gooey.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
5 Feb. 2025
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Place garlic, cut side up, in a square of foil; lightly drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.—
Kelly Brant,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Hydrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hydrate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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