Word Study
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
macerate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb macerate has 4 senses
- macerate(v = verb.change) Array - separate into constituents by soaking; Array is one way to separate
- macerate(v = verb.change) Array - become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water" is one way to soften
- macerate(v = verb.change) Array - soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system" is one way to soften
- macerate(v = verb.change) emaciate, waste - cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" is one way to debilitate, drain, enfeeble
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form adjective macerative1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun maceration1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form noun maceration2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
macerate, v. t. [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. to knead.].
- To make lean; to cause to waste away. Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
macerate, v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become soft by soaking.
2 intr. waste away by fasting.
1 tr. & intr. make or become soft by soaking.
2 intr. waste away by fasting.
Derivative
maceration n. macerator n.
Etymology
L macerare macerat-
THESAURUS
macerate
Sanforize, 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, 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, wringROGET THESAURUS
macerate
Water
VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.
For further exploring for "macerate" in Webster Dictionary Online
