macerate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
separate into constituents by soaking
Types & categories
- separate hypernym
Related & opposite
- macerate verb group
Sense 2 verb
become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
the tissue macerated in the water
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
- macerative derivation
- macerate verb group
Sense 3 verb
soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
macerate peaches
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
- maceration derivation
- souse entails
Sense 4 verb
cause to grow thin or weak
The treatment emaciated him
Types & categories
- enfeeble hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | macerate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | macerative |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | macerate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | maceration |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | souse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | emaciate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bonyness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wastage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wasting |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | enfeeble |