macerate
verb /ˈmæsəreɪt/
/ˈmæsəreɪt/
[transitive, intransitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they macerate | /ˈmæsəreɪt/ /ˈmæsəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it macerates | /ˈmæsəreɪts/ /ˈmæsəreɪts/ |
| past simple macerated | /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle macerated | /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form macerating | /ˈmæsəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmæsəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- macerate (something) to make something (especially food) soft by leaving it in a liquid; to become soft in this wayWord Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked’, from macerare ‘to soften’.