"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They can prevent desiccation by hiding under logs and stones.
- Keep some soil on roots to prevent desiccation, and tuck them into blankets of barely moist peat in flat, covered boxes.
- It is hypothesized that larger insects have increased lipid reserves, preventing dehydration and desiccation.
- Lubrication prevents desiccation, itching, and burning of the skin within the ear canal (known as asteatosis).
- His dinshon exercises had prevented complete desiccation, but the experience had been anything but pleasant.
- This survival strategy aims to prevent desiccation and drowning so that the eggs are placed where they will have the greatest chance of reaching adulthood.
- Each bead is filled with water that prevents desiccation between tides.
- Over the winter, water sparingly if at all; the soil should be just moist enough to prevent total desiccation.
- Seeding during the flooding season would prevent desiccation of the seed, which is the main cause of a seed's failure to reproduce.
- Sea water can prevent desiccation although it is much saltier than fresh water.
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