kuivada
Kuivada is an Estonian verb meaning to dry or remove moisture from something. It is used to describe the act of reducing the water content of objects, surfaces, or substances, including clothes, hands, food, or industrial materials. The term appears in everyday speech as well as technical contexts such as food preservation, textile processing, and manufacturing where a drying step is involved. In cooking, foods may be dried to extend shelf life or concentrate flavors; in households, laundry is dried after washing; in industry, large-scale drying often uses heated air, infrared, or desiccants.
The related noun kuivatus denotes the process of drying, and the adjective kuiv refers to something that
See also: drying, dehydration, desiccation, moisture control.