HyperDic: maceration

English > 2 senses of the word maceration:
NOUNprocessmacerationsoftening due to soaking or steeping
attributemaceration, bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntnessextreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
English > maceration: 2 senses > noun 1, process
Meaningsoftening due to soaking or steeping.
BroadersofteningThe process of becoming softer
Spanishmaceración
Catalanmaceració
Adjectivesmacerativeaccompanied by or characterized by maceration
Verbsmaceratesoften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
English > maceration: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaningextreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
Synonymsbonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness
Broaderleanness, thinness, sparenessThe property of having little body fat
Spanishdemacración, desmedro, enflaquecimiento, extenuación
Verbsmaceratecause to grow thin or weak

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