macerate

Meanings

Plural: macerates

Verb

• separate into constituents by soaking
• become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
  • "the tissue macerated in the water"
• soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
  • "macerate peaches"
  • "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
• cause to grow thin or weak
• To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
• To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
• To make lean; to cause to waste away.
• To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
• To mortify the flesh in general.

Noun

• A macerated substance.

Synonyms

emaciate, waste