macerate

verb

/ˈmæsəreɪt/

[transitive, intransitive] (specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they macerate	/ˈmæsəreɪt/ /ˈmæsəreɪt/
he / she / it macerates	/ˈmæsəreɪts/ /ˈmæsəreɪts/
past simple macerated	/ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/
past participle macerated	/ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/
-ing form macerating	/ˈmæsəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmæsəreɪtɪŋ/

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macerate (something) to make something (especially food) soft by leaving it in a liquid; to become soft in this way把（食物等）浸软；被浸软
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked’, from macerare ‘to soften’.

BNC: 0 COCA: 41680

macerate