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# hydration

«hydration» in Mova's school dictionary: **Taking in enough water so that your body works well** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (hydration — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Taking in enough water so that your body works well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#m1)

2) Putting water or moisture into something, such as skin, soil or a dry substance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#m2)

3) (chemistry) A reaction in which water joins with another substance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health, PE and sport, hydration means drinking enough; sports drinks and water bottles are sold for hydration. In science, hydration is when water combines with a substance; cement sets by hydration. Gardeners talk about soil hydration. Phrases: good hydration, hydration pack, hydration station, stay on top of your hydration.

### examples

- Good hydration helps your brain think clearly in tests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x1)
- The race had hydration stations with cups of water every mile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x2)
- Hydration is extra important on hot days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x3)
- The coach talked to us about hydration before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x4)
- This lotion is for skin hydration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x5)
- Concrete hardens through a chemical reaction called hydration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x6)
- Fruit like watermelon helps with hydration because it is mostly water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «hydration», not «a hydration» in everyday use. Verb: «hydrate»; adjective: «hydrated»; opposite: «dehydration». Do not confuse with «hydrogen» (a gas) or «hydraulic» (moved by liquid pressure), though all share «hydr-» = water.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hydration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hydration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.