'Macerate' definitions:
Definition of 'macerate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Separate into constituents by soaking
verb
Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"
verb
Soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
verb
Definition of 'Macerate'
From: GCIDE
- Macerate \Mac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Macerating.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. ? to knead.]
- 1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. --Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'macerate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agonize,
- attenuate,
- bathe,
- bloody,
- brew,
- chew,
- claw,
- consume,
- convulse,
- crucify,
- crush,
- douche,
- drench,
- drouk,
- dry up,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- excruciate,
- flush,
- harrow,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impale,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- inject,
- kill by inches,
- lacerate,
- lancinate,
- lave,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- mash,
- masticate,
- parch,
- percolate,
- permeate,
- preshrink,
- pulp,
- pulpify,
- punish,
- rack,
- rinse,
- rip,
- Sanforize,
- saturate,
- savage,
- scarify,
- sear,
- seethe,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- smash,
- soak,
- sodden,
- sop,
- souse,
- squash,
- steep,
- thin,
- torment,
- torture,
- wash,
- waste,
- waste away,
- waterlog,
- weazen,
- wither,
- wizen,
- wring