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flocculate

Verb (usu participle)

floc=cu=late

WORDNET DICTIONARY

flocculate(v = verb.stative) Array - form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass; "the protoplasms flocculated"

Derived forms noun flocculation₁, adjective flocculent₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

flocculate(v = verb.stative) Array - cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate; "The chemist flocculated the suspended material"

Derived form adjective flocculent₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

flocculate, v. i.

To aggregate into small lumps. [1913 Webster]

flocculate, a.

Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. [1913 Webster]

flocculate, v. t.

To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition.

"When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

flocculate, v.tr. & intr. form into flocculent masses.

Derivative

flocculation n.

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