macerate#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
examples macerate peaches
the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Entailment drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
Hypernym soften
Derivationally related form macerate → maceration
Incoming links
Derivationally related form maceration → macerate
Hyponym soften

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