Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
- 2transitive verb
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4verb
cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him"
- 5verb
soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
"macerate peaches"
"the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
- 6verb
become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
"the tissue macerated in the water"
- 7verb
separate into constituents by soaking
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