as in to moisturize
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Recent Examples of hydrate
It’s also made up of 40% water, which helps to keep the skin hydrated.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
While there’s limited research on the effects of castor oil for psoriasis, the oil may help hydrate the skin, strengthen the skin barrier to help prevent infection, relieve symptoms, and promote healing.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Practitioners claim head spas aid circulation as well as detoxify and hydrate the scalp.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
No treatment exists for norovirus, and sick people are advised to hydrate and eat simple foods after symptoms start to abate.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
While there’s limited research on the effects of castor oil for psoriasis, the oil may help hydrate the skin, strengthen the skin barrier to help prevent infection, relieve symptoms, and promote healing.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Practitioners claim head spas aid circulation as well as detoxify and hydrate the scalp.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
No treatment exists for norovirus, and sick people are advised to hydrate and eat simple foods after symptoms start to abate.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hydrate
Verb
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The lipliner moisturizes with peptides while defining lips and comes in 11 different shades.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
1 Feb. 2025
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Protects Your Skin Applying avocado oil to your skin may help moisturize dry, damaged, or chapped skin.—
Amy Brownstein, MS, RDN,
Verywell Health,
31 Jan. 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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Farmers rushed to move cows to keep them from freezing to death and to feed and water them as rural roads became impassable.—
Melina Walling,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2025
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Snowdrops typically don’t need to be watered, but supplemental watering during and after blooming in a particularly dry spring helps them for the following year.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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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On other days, mist your curls with water or a hydrating spray in the morning to reactivate products and plump up your strands.—
Sarah Hoffmann,
Allure,
22 Dec. 2024
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Some change the lighting color and ambient sounds in the vehicle while others change the fragrance misted throughout the cabin.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Never mind that the billions in taxpayer handouts that the Biden administration showered on green special interests did virtually nothing to bring down global temperatures.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
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So, for the past six years, Frank has arrived home covered in dirt, showered, and spent the rest of his evening combing through his groups.—
Violet Piper,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
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The greed machine has already taken over the health care and banking industries and that success has wetted their appetites to rip off even more Americans.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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These potato boats have four of the best foods all in one glorious appetizer: bacon, chicken, cheese, and potato—all drizzled with ranch.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Divide the roasted vegetables between two bowls, top with the chickpeas, and drizzle with the tahini dressing.—
Randy Graham,
Orange County Register,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Hydrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hydrate. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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