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macerate
[ mas-uh-reyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- to soften or decompose (food) by the action of a solvent.
- to cause to grow thin.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo maceration.
- to become thin or emaciated; waste away.
macerate
/ ˈmæsəˌreɪt /
verb
- to soften or separate or be softened or separated as a result of soaking
- to break up or cause to break up by soaking
macerated peaches
- to become or cause to become thin
Derived Forms
- ˈmacerˌater, noun
- ˌmacerˈation, noun
- ˈmacerative, adjective
Other Words From
- macer·ater macer·ator noun
- macer·ative adjective
- un·macer·ated adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of macerate1
Example Sentences
The process of making the actual cake part of fruitcake is fairly novice-level baking — macerate some dried fruit and nuts in alcohol, fold them together with flour, sugar, and eggs, pack the batter into a tin, and bake.
Transfer the macerated mixture to a heavy-bottomed 6-quart pot or preserving pan set over medium-high heat.
As its name implies, it’s made by macerating chopped vanilla bean pods in alcohol, which extracts the flavors and fragrances from the bean.
Even my windowsill herbs feel destined to be tossed into a jar of macerated fruit.
Animal welfare activists have been lobbying against male chick culling for decades, chronicling cute and fuzzy day-old chicks who are gassed or macerated.
Press out all the whey from the curd and macerate the latter for several hours (10 to 12 hours) in 50 cc.
For those who macerate the body, and long to put on immortality, are only in a kind of dream.
Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator.
Macerate in a close vessel for a fortnight, then filter and bottle for sale.
Allow the whole to macerate in the spirit during 24 hours, then distil off 40 gallons by the heat of a water bath.
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