hydrated
part of speech
adjective (hydrated, well hydrated); verb, past form of «hydrate» (hydrate, hydrates, hydrated, hydrating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Having enough water in your body; not thirsty or dried out. tree →
2) (verb, past) Given water or moisture: hydrated skin, hydrated plants. tree →
3) (chemistry) Joined with water molecules in its structure, as in «hydrated copper sulphate», a blue crystal. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and PE lessons «stay hydrated» means drink enough water, especially in hot weather and during sport. In science, hydrated crystals contain water; heating them drives the water off (blue copper sulphate turns white). On skincare bottles «hydrated» means moist. Phrases: stay hydrated, keep hydrated, well hydrated, hydrated salt.
examples
- Remember to stay hydrated on sports day. tree →
- Drink water before, during and after football to keep hydrated. tree →
- When you are well hydrated, your pee is pale yellow. tree →
- The nurse made sure the sick child stayed hydrated. tree →
- The cream keeps your skin hydrated in winter. tree →
- Blue hydrated copper sulphate turns white when you heat it. tree →
- Camels can go for days without water and still stay hydrated longer than us. tree →
note
Opposite: «dehydrated» (not enough water). «Hydr-» comes from Greek for water (hydrant, hydroelectric). A safety point: thirst, headache, tiredness and dark urine can be signs you need more water. Myth: everyone needs exactly eight glasses a day — needs depend on age, weather and activity, and food also contains water.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hydrated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.