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Word | Macerate |
cause to grow thin or weak; The treatment emaciated him / to soften or break down into parts, usually by soaking in a liquid / To make lean / soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result / soften by soaking in liquid; waste away / (especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid. / to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting / to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements by or as if by steeping in fluid; broadly : steep, soak / to soften and wear away especially as a result of being wetted or steeped, | |
Usage | ⇒ The strawberries had been soaking in the champagne for so long that they had begun to macerate; they literally fell apart at the touch of a spoon. ⇒ garnished with cherries that had been macerated in liqueur ⇒ Leaves from adults were macerated with liquid nitrogen and then 75 mg of the tissue was mixed with 375 ml of extraction buffer. |
Synonyms | emaciate, steep, soak, drench, waste, saturate, douse, lave, mash, permeate, souse, bathe, consume, drown, imbrue, impregnate, inject, kill by inches, pulp, sodden, |
Antonyms | bracing, dehydrate, dry, equip, toughen, |
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