NOUN | process | maceration | softening due to soaking or steeping |
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attribute | maceration, bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness | extreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
Meaning | softening due to soaking or steeping. | |
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Broader | softening | The process of becoming softer |
Spanish | maceración | |
Catalan | maceració | |
Adjectives | macerative | accompanied by or characterized by maceration |
Verbs | macerate | soften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result |
Meaning | extreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease). | |
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Synonyms | bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness | |
Broader | leanness, thinness, spareness | The property of having little body fat |
Spanish | demacración, desmedro, enflaquecimiento, extenuación | |
Verbs | macerate | cause to grow thin or weak |
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