| VERB | change | macerate | separate into constituents by soaking |
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| change | macerate | become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking | |
| change | macerate | soften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result | |
| change | macerate, waste, emaciate | cause to grow thin or weak |
| Meaning | separate into constituents by soaking. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| Similar to | macerate | Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking |
| Spanish | macerar | |
| Meaning | Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the tissue macerated in the water" | |
| Broader | soften | Become soft or softer |
| Similar to | macerate | separate into constituents by soaking |
| Spanish | macerar | |
| Catalan | macerar | |
| Adjectives | macerative | accompanied by or characterized by maceration |
| Meaning | soften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Entails | drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse | Cover with liquid / liquid |
| Broader | soften | make soft or softer |
| Nouns | maceration | softening due to soaking or steeping |
| Meaning | Cause to grow thin or weak. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | waste, emaciate | |
| Cause to | emaciate | Grow weak and thin or waste away physically |
| Broader | enfeeble, debilitate, drain | make weak |
| Spanish | demacrarse, demacrar, macerar | |
| Catalan | demacrar-se | |
| Nouns | maceration | extreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
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