[ UK /mˈæsəɹˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. separate into constituents by soaking
  2. cause to grow thin or weak
    The treatment emaciated him
  3. become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
    the tissue macerated in the water
  4. soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
    the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system
    macerate peaches
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How To Use macerate In A Sentence

  • In China, paper was formed by suspending macerated vegetable fibers in water and pouring the liquid onto a woven screen.
  • Seal tightly then leave for four to five days to macerate.
  • In a blender, macerate with water, fresh or dried drawing herbs: comfrey root or leaf, marshmallow root, burdock root, and/or plantain leaf*; with fresh or dried antimicrobial herbs: echinacea root, or leaves and flowers, and a fresh clove of garlic; or add a few drops essential oil of thyme to the finished poultice. Gentle Healing for Baby and Child
  • In partially macerated seed coats, this layer was found to have a sealed outer face and a mesh-like inner face.
  • It is also important in the production of fruit-flavoured spirits such as the crème de cassis used in making a vin blanc cassis or Kir which is the aromatic and deeply coloured product of blackcurrants macerated in alcohol.
  • Once the strawberries had macerated I mooshed them good with a hand potato masher. Archive 2009-04-01
  • Four of the sections used in the UAE studies were macerated in Jeffrey's solution.
  • Johannes Reinhardt explained that the 2008 dessert wine grapes encountered a "tough birth" but this traditional TBA was effected by noble rot at over 50%, cool room stored, sorted for one week and foot macerated. LENNDEVOURS:
  • In a macerated foot the sensitive laminæ of the corium interdigitate with the horny laminæ of the hoof; that is to say, there is no union between the two, for the simple reason that it has been destroyed; they simply interlock like the _unglued_ junction of Diseases of the Horse's Foot
  • Until we finally address the depressing state of the American male -- how he has been reduced to an automaton designed to pursue power, money, or fame with scant emphasis on the cultivation of his humanity and personhood -- we will continue to witness men acting out, doing anything they can to feel sexy, desirable, and salve their macerated egos. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anthony Weiner and Why Powerful Men Self-Destruct
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