Found 2 items, similar to Macerated.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: macerate macerate v 1: separate into constituents by soaking 2: become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; “the tissue macerated in the water” 3: soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; “macerate peaches”; “the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system” 4: cause to grow thin or weak; “The treatment emaciated him” [syn: waste, emaciate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Macerated Macerate \Mac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Macerating.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. ? to knead.] 1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] --Harvey. [1913 Webster] 2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. --Baker. [1913 Webster] 3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber. [1913 Webster]