English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] macerate [VI] เปื่อย, See also: ยุ่ย, Syn. macerate, marinate macerate [VT] ทำให้เปื่อย, See also: ทำให้ยุ่ย, เคี่ยวจนเปื่อย, Syn. steep macerater [N] คนหรือสิ่งที่ทำให้เปื่อยยุ่ย

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates] macerate (แมส'เซอเรท) vt. แช่ยุ่ย,ทำให้ยุ่ย,ทำให้บาง., S. . macerater n. macerator n. macerative adj. maceration n.

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary macerate (vt) ทำให้ยุ่ย,ทำให้เปื่อยยุ่ย

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) macerate (v) (m a1 s @ r ei t) macerated (v) (m a1 s @ r ei t i d) macerates (v) (m a1 s @ r ei t s)

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Macerate \Mac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macerated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Macerating}.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to
     make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. ? to knead.]
     1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.]
        --Harvey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to
        mortify. --Baker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  macerate
      v 1: separate into constituents by soaking
      2: become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of
         excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"
      3: soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to
         disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the
         gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
      4: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
         [syn: {waste}, {emaciate}]

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