Definition of macerate in English:

macerate

verb ˈmasəreɪtˈmæsəˌreɪt

1(especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.
with object macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar
no object the fruit was allowed to macerate before fermentation
Example sentencesExamples
- Organisms in and on the sand grains are manipulated towards the mouth along the food grooves, and then exposed and/or macerated by the crushing action of the Aristotle's lantern.
- The roots were plunged into liquid nitrogen 2-3 times and this was interspersed with macerating the root tissue by depressing the syringe plunger several times.
- Purified proglotids were macerated to release the eggs and these were obtained by filtration in metallic meshes.
- Leaves from adults were macerated with liquid nitrogen and then 75 mg of the tissue was mixed with 375 ml of extraction buffer.
- The needles were bleached with a 4% sodium hypochloride solution which macerates the mesophyll, and vascular and epidermal tissue were brushed off.
- It had been macerated and marinated for three days in a mixture of herbs and spices which infused its flesh.
- The grapes are destalked and crushed, and the skins briefly macerated to preserve as much as possible of the aroma and flavour of the grapes during fermentation.
- The dried bark must first be reduced to a fine powder, and macerated in a fixed oil at a temperature of 40C for 24 hours.
- Identifying the prey of the giant squid, Achiteuthis dux, is not easy since they finely macerate their food.
- Infusing, distilling, macerating, deglazing and reducing - all, in one way or another, contribute to the essence of a final product.
- Root caps were removed and the meristem was placed in a drop of 45% acetic acid on a clean microscope slide, macerated and squashed between slide and coverslip.
- Four of the sections used in the UAE studies were macerated in Jeffrey's solution.
- The root tips were macerated in a mixture of ethanol and hydrochloric acid for 2 min at room temperature.
- Samples of washed roots were macerated in KOH solution for 1 h at 90°C in a water bath.
- In partially macerated seed coats, this layer was found to have a sealed outer face and a mesh-like inner face.
- In China, paper was formed by suspending macerated vegetable fibers in water and pouring the liquid onto a woven screen.
- His next sortie was to Russia to work for Tsar Alexander, for whom he created Strawberries Romanoff, in which strawberries are macerated in orange juice and Cointreau and served with chilled crème Chantilly.
- The mycelium was filtered and washed five times with distilled water before being mixed with distilled water and macerated in a blender to produce a slurry containing 7.2 mg ml - 1 of dry mass mycelium.
- They are pounded in a mortar, macerated, strained, distilled, left in the sun or buried in the ground or in an ant-hill - presumably to maintain an even temperature.
- Unlike most pink champagnes, LP is made the old-fashioned way by macerating the Pinot Noir grape's pigment-rich skins with the juice.
Synonyms
pulp, mash, squash, soften, liquefy, soak, steep, infuse
2archaic with object Cause to waste away by fasting.
these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting
Example sentencesExamples
- She already macerated her poor little body and had resolved never to refuse the requests of the unfortunate.
- Cancer macerated her body and soul.

Derivatives

maceration

noun masəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmæsəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

The Burgundian vogue for cold maceration occasionally calls for refrigeration too.
Example sentencesExamples
- Profuse sweating can result in skin maceration and secondary microbial infections.
- When choosing a dressing, focus on protecting the surrounding skin from maceration, filling in a crevice if the wound is deep, and stimulating the growth of granulation tissue and epithclialization.
- Obesity, insufficient excision, significant skin maceration, and chronic skin infection may increase the incidence of recurrence.
- These holes appear to represent tubercles that did not become phosphatized and were dissolved during maceration.

macerator

noun

‘The food macerator recycles liquid as a sort of soup, to avoid the need for fresh water,’ said Sarah.
Example sentencesExamples
- The toilet is flushed and the effluent is discharged by gravity through the rear spigot and into the macerator device.
- Food Waste is washed through the sink into the Macerator, which then can be discharged to sea.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin macerat- 'made soft, soaked', from macerare 'to soften'.

Rhymes

lacerate

Definition of macerate in US English:

macerate

verbˈmasəˌrātˈmæsəˌreɪt

1(especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.
with object macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar
no object the fruit was allowed to macerate before fermentation
Example sentencesExamples
- In China, paper was formed by suspending macerated vegetable fibers in water and pouring the liquid onto a woven screen.
- Infusing, distilling, macerating, deglazing and reducing - all, in one way or another, contribute to the essence of a final product.
- Purified proglotids were macerated to release the eggs and these were obtained by filtration in metallic meshes.
- Root caps were removed and the meristem was placed in a drop of 45% acetic acid on a clean microscope slide, macerated and squashed between slide and coverslip.
- Four of the sections used in the UAE studies were macerated in Jeffrey's solution.
- Organisms in and on the sand grains are manipulated towards the mouth along the food grooves, and then exposed and/or macerated by the crushing action of the Aristotle's lantern.
- They are pounded in a mortar, macerated, strained, distilled, left in the sun or buried in the ground or in an ant-hill - presumably to maintain an even temperature.
- Identifying the prey of the giant squid, Achiteuthis dux, is not easy since they finely macerate their food.
- Unlike most pink champagnes, LP is made the old-fashioned way by macerating the Pinot Noir grape's pigment-rich skins with the juice.
- The grapes are destalked and crushed, and the skins briefly macerated to preserve as much as possible of the aroma and flavour of the grapes during fermentation.
- The needles were bleached with a 4% sodium hypochloride solution which macerates the mesophyll, and vascular and epidermal tissue were brushed off.
- The root tips were macerated in a mixture of ethanol and hydrochloric acid for 2 min at room temperature.
- The mycelium was filtered and washed five times with distilled water before being mixed with distilled water and macerated in a blender to produce a slurry containing 7.2 mg ml - 1 of dry mass mycelium.
- In partially macerated seed coats, this layer was found to have a sealed outer face and a mesh-like inner face.
- Leaves from adults were macerated with liquid nitrogen and then 75 mg of the tissue was mixed with 375 ml of extraction buffer.
- The dried bark must first be reduced to a fine powder, and macerated in a fixed oil at a temperature of 40C for 24 hours.
- Samples of washed roots were macerated in KOH solution for 1 h at 90°C in a water bath.
- It had been macerated and marinated for three days in a mixture of herbs and spices which infused its flesh.
- The roots were plunged into liquid nitrogen 2-3 times and this was interspersed with macerating the root tissue by depressing the syringe plunger several times.
- His next sortie was to Russia to work for Tsar Alexander, for whom he created Strawberries Romanoff, in which strawberries are macerated in orange juice and Cointreau and served with chilled crème Chantilly.
Synonyms
pulp, mash, squash, soften, liquefy, soak, steep, infuse
2archaic Cause to grow thinner or waste away, especially by fasting.
these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting
Example sentencesExamples
- She already macerated her poor little body and had resolved never to refuse the requests of the unfortunate.
- Cancer macerated her body and soul.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked’, from macerare ‘to soften’.

单词	macerate
释义	Definition of macerate in English: macerate verb ˈmasəreɪtˈmæsəˌreɪt 1(especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid. with object macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar no object the fruit was allowed to macerate before fermentation Example sentencesExamples Organisms in and on the sand grains are manipulated towards the mouth along the food grooves, and then exposed and/or macerated by the crushing action of the Aristotle's lantern. The roots were plunged into liquid nitrogen 2-3 times and this was interspersed with macerating the root tissue by depressing the syringe plunger several times. Purified proglotids were macerated to release the eggs and these were obtained by filtration in metallic meshes. Leaves from adults were macerated with liquid nitrogen and then 75 mg of the tissue was mixed with 375 ml of extraction buffer. The needles were bleached with a 4% sodium hypochloride solution which macerates the mesophyll, and vascular and epidermal tissue were brushed off. It had been macerated and marinated for three days in a mixture of herbs and spices which infused its flesh. The grapes are destalked and crushed, and the skins briefly macerated to preserve as much as possible of the aroma and flavour of the grapes during fermentation. The dried bark must first be reduced to a fine powder, and macerated in a fixed oil at a temperature of 40C for 24 hours. Identifying the prey of the giant squid, Achiteuthis dux, is not easy since they finely macerate their food. Infusing, distilling, macerating, deglazing and reducing - all, in one way or another, contribute to the essence of a final product. Root caps were removed and the meristem was placed in a drop of 45% acetic acid on a clean microscope slide, macerated and squashed between slide and coverslip. Four of the sections used in the UAE studies were macerated in Jeffrey's solution. The root tips were macerated in a mixture of ethanol and hydrochloric acid for 2 min at room temperature. Samples of washed roots were macerated in KOH solution for 1 h at 90°C in a water bath. In partially macerated seed coats, this layer was found to have a sealed outer face and a mesh-like inner face. In China, paper was formed by suspending macerated vegetable fibers in water and pouring the liquid onto a woven screen. His next sortie was to Russia to work for Tsar Alexander, for whom he created Strawberries Romanoff, in which strawberries are macerated in orange juice and Cointreau and served with chilled crème Chantilly. The mycelium was filtered and washed five times with distilled water before being mixed with distilled water and macerated in a blender to produce a slurry containing 7.2 mg ml - 1 of dry mass mycelium. They are pounded in a mortar, macerated, strained, distilled, left in the sun or buried in the ground or in an ant-hill - presumably to maintain an even temperature. Unlike most pink champagnes, LP is made the old-fashioned way by macerating the Pinot Noir grape's pigment-rich skins with the juice. Synonyms pulp, mash, squash, soften, liquefy, soak, steep, infuse 2archaic with object Cause to waste away by fasting. these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting Example sentencesExamples She already macerated her poor little body and had resolved never to refuse the requests of the unfortunate. Cancer macerated her body and soul. Derivatives maceration noun masəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmæsəˈreɪʃ(ə)n The Burgundian vogue for cold maceration occasionally calls for refrigeration too. Example sentencesExamples Profuse sweating can result in skin maceration and secondary microbial infections. When choosing a dressing, focus on protecting the surrounding skin from maceration, filling in a crevice if the wound is deep, and stimulating the growth of granulation tissue and epithclialization. Obesity, insufficient excision, significant skin maceration, and chronic skin infection may increase the incidence of recurrence. These holes appear to represent tubercles that did not become phosphatized and were dissolved during maceration. macerator noun ‘The food macerator recycles liquid as a sort of soup, to avoid the need for fresh water,’ said Sarah. Example sentencesExamples The toilet is flushed and the effluent is discharged by gravity through the rear spigot and into the macerator device. Food Waste is washed through the sink into the Macerator, which then can be discharged to sea. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin macerat- 'made soft, soaked', from macerare 'to soften'. Rhymes lacerate Definition of macerate in US English: macerate verbˈmasəˌrātˈmæsəˌreɪt 1(especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid. with object macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar no object the fruit was allowed to macerate before fermentation Example sentencesExamples In China, paper was formed by suspending macerated vegetable fibers in water and pouring the liquid onto a woven screen. Infusing, distilling, macerating, deglazing and reducing - all, in one way or another, contribute to the essence of a final product. Purified proglotids were macerated to release the eggs and these were obtained by filtration in metallic meshes. Root caps were removed and the meristem was placed in a drop of 45% acetic acid on a clean microscope slide, macerated and squashed between slide and coverslip. Four of the sections used in the UAE studies were macerated in Jeffrey's solution. Organisms in and on the sand grains are manipulated towards the mouth along the food grooves, and then exposed and/or macerated by the crushing action of the Aristotle's lantern. They are pounded in a mortar, macerated, strained, distilled, left in the sun or buried in the ground or in an ant-hill - presumably to maintain an even temperature. Identifying the prey of the giant squid, Achiteuthis dux, is not easy since they finely macerate their food. Unlike most pink champagnes, LP is made the old-fashioned way by macerating the Pinot Noir grape's pigment-rich skins with the juice. The grapes are destalked and crushed, and the skins briefly macerated to preserve as much as possible of the aroma and flavour of the grapes during fermentation. The needles were bleached with a 4% sodium hypochloride solution which macerates the mesophyll, and vascular and epidermal tissue were brushed off. The root tips were macerated in a mixture of ethanol and hydrochloric acid for 2 min at room temperature. The mycelium was filtered and washed five times with distilled water before being mixed with distilled water and macerated in a blender to produce a slurry containing 7.2 mg ml - 1 of dry mass mycelium. In partially macerated seed coats, this layer was found to have a sealed outer face and a mesh-like inner face. Leaves from adults were macerated with liquid nitrogen and then 75 mg of the tissue was mixed with 375 ml of extraction buffer. The dried bark must first be reduced to a fine powder, and macerated in a fixed oil at a temperature of 40C for 24 hours. Samples of washed roots were macerated in KOH solution for 1 h at 90°C in a water bath. It had been macerated and marinated for three days in a mixture of herbs and spices which infused its flesh. The roots were plunged into liquid nitrogen 2-3 times and this was interspersed with macerating the root tissue by depressing the syringe plunger several times. His next sortie was to Russia to work for Tsar Alexander, for whom he created Strawberries Romanoff, in which strawberries are macerated in orange juice and Cointreau and served with chilled crème Chantilly. Synonyms pulp, mash, squash, soften, liquefy, soak, steep, infuse 2archaic Cause to grow thinner or waste away, especially by fasting. these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting Example sentencesExamples She already macerated her poor little body and had resolved never to refuse the requests of the unfortunate. Cancer macerated her body and soul. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked’, from macerare ‘to soften’.
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