English-Thai Dictionary

macerate

VI เปื่อย  ยุ่ย  macerate marinate puai

 

macerate

VT ทำให้ เปื่อย  ทำให้ ยุ่ย  เคี่ยว จน เปื่อย  steep tam-hao-puai

 

macerater

N คน หรือ สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ เปื่อยยุ่ย  kon-rue-sing-ti-tam-hai-puai-yui

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MACERATE

v.t.[L. macero, from macer, thin, lean; maceo, to be thin or lean; Eng. meager, meek. ] 1. To make lean; to wear away.
2. To mortify; to harass with corporeal hardships; to cause to pine or waste away.
Out of excessive zeal they macerate their bodies and impair their health.
3. To steep almost to solution; to soften and separate the parts of a substance by steeping it in a fluid, or by the digestive process. So we say, food is macerated in the stomach.

 

MACERATED

pp. Made thin or lean; steeped almost to solution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MACERATE

Mac "er *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated; p. pr. & vb. n.Macerating. ] Etym: [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr.

 

1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] Harvey.

 

2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. Baker.

 

3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber.

 

MACERATER

MACERATER Mac "er *a `ter, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

macerate

mac er ate |ˈmasəˌrāt ˈmæsəˌreɪt | ▶verb 1 (esp. with reference to food ) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid. 2 archaic cause to grow thinner or waste away, esp. by fasting. DERIVATIVES mac er a tion |ˌmasəˈrāSHən |noun, mac er a tor |-ˌrātər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked, ’ from the verb macerare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

macerate

macerate |ˈmasəreɪt | ▶verb 1 (especially with reference to food ) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid. 2 [ with obj. ] archaic cause to waste away by fasting. DERIVATIVES maceration |-ˈreɪʃ (ə )n |noun, macerator noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked ’, from macerare ‘to soften ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

macerate

macerate verb macerate the seeds in a vinegar solution: pulp, mash, squash, soften, liquefy, soak, steep, infuse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

macerate

mac er ate /mǽsərèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 〈物 〉を (液体に浸して )柔らかくする .2 〈人 〉をやせ衰えさせる .自動詞 1 〈物が 〉(液体に浸されて )柔らかくなる, ふやける .2 〈人が 〉やせ衰える .m à c er á tion 名詞