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  • 81macerate — [[t]mæ̱səreɪt[/t]] macerates, macerating, macerated V ERG If you macerate food, or if it macerates, you soak it in a liquid for a period of time so that it absorbs the liquid. [V n in n] I like to macerate the food in liqueur for a few minutes… …

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  • 82digestion — n. 1. Conversion of food into chyme. 2. Methodizing, digesting, classifying. 3. (Chem.) Macerating, maceration, steeping …

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  • 83infusion — n. 1. Introduction, inculcation, instil lation. 2. Infusing, steeping, macerating. 3. Steeped liquor …

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  • 84soaking — a. 1. Steeping, macerating. 2. Imbibing, drinking. 3. Wetting, drenching, saturating …

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  • 85infusion — n 1. saturation, permeation, immersion, submersion, submergence; soaking, steeping, infusing, macerating; bath, plunge, dip, soak. 2. coloring, tincture, tinge, shade, stain, flavor. 3. inculcation, instillation, implantation, impregnation,… …

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  • 86mortifying — adj 1. humiliating, humbling; shameful, disgraceful, Obs. reproachful; disreputable, disfavorable, discreditable. 2. belittling, derogatory, deprecatory, disparaging, depreciatory, demeaning, deflating. 3. confusing, perplexing, bewildering,… …

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  • 87macerate — UK [ˈmæsəreɪt] / US [ˈmæsəˌreɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms macerate : present tense I/you/we/they macerate he/she/it macerates present participle macerating past tense macerated past participle macerated formal to make food soft… …

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  • 88macerate — [c]/ˈmæsəreɪt / (say masuhrayt) verb (macerated, macerating) –verb (t) 1. to soften, or separate the parts of (a substance) by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat. 2. to soften or break up (food) by action of a solvent. 3. to cause to grow …

  • 89macerate — [mas′ər āt΄] vt. macerated, macerating [< L maceratus, pp. of macerare, to make soft or tender, weaken, harass < IE base * māk , to knead > Latvian màcu, to squeeze] 1. to soften and break down into component parts by soaking in liquid… …

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  • 90red oil — noun 1. : any of various oils that are red often because they are impure: as a. : commercial oleic acid containing other fatty acids (as linoleic, palmitic, or stearic acid) b. : a domestic remedy for bruises made by macerating the tops of the… …

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