macerate

macerate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make lean; to cause to waste away. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make lean; to cause to waste away.
2. transitive verb. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
3. transitive verb. 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.
4. verb. cause to grow thin or weak

   "The treatment emaciated him"

   Synonyms: emaciate, waste

5. 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"

6. verb. become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking

   "the tissue macerated in the water"

7. verb. separate into constituents by soaking

Synonyms

emaciate, waste

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in macerate:

camerate, racemate

Common word forms

macerated, macerater, macerates, macerating

Words from these letters

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