Macerate

Portuguese Meaning

macerar

amolecer

English Meaning

  1. To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.
  2. To separate into constituents by soaking.
  3. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate.
  4. To become soft or separated into constituents by soaking: "His winemaker allowed the juice and skins of the white grapes to macerate together overnight before pressing” ( Gerald Asher).
  5. A substance prepared or produced by macerating.