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macerate   (TTS Sound)

The verb macerate has 4 senses

• macerate -- (separate into constituents by soaking)


• macerate -- (become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water")


• macerate -- (soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system")


• waste, emaciate, macerate -- (cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him")