DESALINATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they desalinate ... he / she / it desalinates

Past simple: desalinated

Past participle: desalinated

-ing form: desalinating

Meaning:

Remove salt from

Example:

desalinate water

Synonyms:

desalinate; desalinise; desalinize; desalt

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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))