Associations to the word «Macerate»
Noun
- Alcohol
- Preparation
- Fresh
- Filler
- Molding
- Juice
- Ounce
- Resin
- Grape
- Pint
- Bark
- Gallon
- Ingredient
- Skin
- Herb
- Wine
- Boiling
- Peel
- Flesh
- Root
- Seed
- Nut
- Extract
- Solid
- Whole
- Mixture
- Oil
- Fabric
- Dug
- Butter
- Flower
- Misery
- Specimen
- Tissue
- Filter
- Sugar
- Plant
- Stem
- Strain
- Bone
- Fruit
- Fiber
- Fig
- Remove
- Proportion
- Compound
- Water
- Shoot
- Food
- Leave
- Tear
- Hour
- Temperature
- Soul
- Material
- Fish
- Cell
- Surface
- Body
- Process
- Solution
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
MACERATE, verb. To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.
MACERATE, verb. (obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
MACERATE, verb. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
MACERATE, noun. A macerated substance.
Dictionary definition
MACERATE, verb. Separate into constituents by soaking.
MACERATE, verb. Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water".
MACERATE, verb. Soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system".
MACERATE, verb. Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.