Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To segment into tiny grains or particles.

    granulieren

    form into grains

  2. (intransitive)To collect or be formed into grains.

    Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Translations

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By meaning 1
to segment into tiny grains:

Origin

Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface ana

Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule + -ate.

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Forms

granulates, granulating, granulated, granulated
Base formgranulate · to granulate
3rd person singulargranulates
Present participlegranulating
Past simplegranulated
Past participlegranulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygranulate
he, she, itgranulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsgranulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave granulated
he, she, ithas granulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill granulate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words
RelatedgrainB2granulargranularitygranulationgranule
Deriveddegranulategranulatormicrogranulatemultigranulateregranulate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grantB1grantedgranulargranulegrapeA1
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