verb · intransitive · rare

macerate

macerate · macerates · macerated · macerating

вымачивать, размачивать

mazerieren

To soften or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquidTo soften (something) or separate it into pieces by (or as if by) soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.

/ˈmæs.ə.ɹeɪt/

Meaning

5 senses

To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by (or as if by) soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
mazerieren
вымачиватьvymačivatʹ, размачиватьrazmačivatʹ
separate into constituents by soaking
To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
Near-synonyms: comminute, crush, pulverize
(archaic)To make lean; to cause to waste away.
(obsolete)To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
изнуря́тьiznurjátʹ
(obsolete)To mortify the flesh in general.

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid:

to subdue the appetite by a poor diet:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid:

Origin

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācer

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer.

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