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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
macerate is a verb meaning "separate into constituents by soaking". It carries 4 recorded senses.
separate into constituents by soaking
become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
“the tissue macerated in the water”
soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
“macerate peaches”
“the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system”
cause to grow thin or weak
“The treatment emaciated him”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for macerate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.