[ふやかす, fuyakasu] (v5s, vt) (uk) to soak; to steep; to macerate[Add to Longdo]
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.
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2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to
mortify. --Baker.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {macerate}]
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