Definition of "hydrate" in English

noun

1. (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.

2. (inorganic chemistry, rare) Water.

verb

1. (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

   • A lotion can hydrate the skin.

2. (slang) To drink water.

3. (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables