Found 2 items, similar to flocculate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flocculate flocculate v 1: cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate; “The chemist flocculated the suspended material” 2: form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass; “the protoplasms flocculated”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flocculate Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, v. t. To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition. When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them. --I. P. Roberts. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating.] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps. [1913 Webster] Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. [1913 Webster]