dehumidify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Present
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dehumidifysimple
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dehumidifiessimple
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have dehumidifiedperfect
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has dehumidifiedperfect
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am dehumidifyingprogressive
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are dehumidifyingprogressive
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is dehumidifyingprogressive
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have been dehumidifyingperfect progressive
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has been dehumidifyingperfect progressive
Past
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dehumidifiedsimple
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had dehumidifiedperfect
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was dehumidifyingprogressive
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were dehumidifyingprogressive
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had been dehumidifyingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of dehumidify
Explanation
When you take moisture out of the air, you dehumidify it. If there's mold growing in your damp basement, you might need to dehumidify things down there. This verb describes a process of removing humidity, or dampness, from the air. If you want to dehumidify your house, you'll need a dehumidifier, a machine with the sole purpose of drying out the air in a room. Humidity isn't necessarily a bad thing, but excessive amounts of it can cause mildew and mold to grow and spread, especially when it's paired with high temperatures.
Vocabulary lists containing dehumidify
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: de-
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Standard air-conditioning systems simultaneously cool and dehumidify through a relatively inefficient mechanism: in order to condense water out of the air, Shah says, they overcool that air past the point of comfort.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2023
In addition to tracking, the technology inside of the device can clear your ear by releasing light and heat to dehumidify your ear canal.
From The Verge ● Jan. 3, 2022
"We need to be able to turn on the air conditioning, which will then allow us to dehumidify the building."
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2011
Promoter Vikas Kasliwal says they plan to have rain-water harvesting, use solar energy to provide hot water to residents, and deodorize and dehumidify the air which will circulate within the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2010
Maybe you’d buy an island, send all the kids in Camden to college or dehumidify some Italian art treasures.
From Washington Post
A lawsuit filed by plaintiffs claims the building’s sealed construction and ammonia-based refrigeration system trapped heat and smoke and dehumidified the air, increasing combustibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
It then lands with the kind of five-word Didionism that marked her career’s dehumidified approach to writing and evaluating her own experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
Closets are electrically dehumidified against mildew in Okinawa's muggy climate, and a full-time maid costs only $153 month.
From Time Magazine Archive
If air blasted into all 231 U.S. furnaces were cleaned and dehumidified, production might be boosted 10%.
From Time Magazine Archive
This prevents the reactor from dehumidifying the indoor air and provides a sufficient humidity level.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
Ice rinks are heavily energy-intensive due to their size and use of refrigeration, lighting, and dehumidifying.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
E-Mart, another retailer, says sales of bleach fell by 38% in the three weeks following Lotte’s apology; dehumidifying detergents dropped by almost half.
From Economist ● Jun. 9, 2016
It also steams a mean order of rice, heats up leftovers without dehumidifying them and can proof and bake bread dough with aplomb.
From Newsweek
In spite of the dehumidifying unit of my spacesuit, I could feel the sweat from my body collecting in puddles in the bottoms of my boots.
From Stamped Caution by Gallun, Raymond Z.
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