intransitive verb. To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.

intransitive verb. To separate into constituents by soaking.

intransitive verb. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate.

intransitive verb. To become soft or separated into constituents by soaking.

noun. A substance prepared or produced by macerating.

To steep or soak almost to solution; soften and separate the parts of by steeping in a fluid, usually without heat, or by the digestive process: as, to maceratc a plant for the extraction of its medicinal properties; food is macerated in the stomach.

To make lean; cause to grow lean or to waste away.

To harass or mortify; worry; annoy.

transitive verb. To make lean; to cause to waste away.

transitive verb. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

transitive verb. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping.

verb. To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.

verb. To make lean; to cause to waste away.

verb. To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.

noun. A macerated substance.

verb. become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking

verb. separate into constituents by soaking

verb. cause to grow thin or weak

verb. soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result

"For another take on maceration, Jeff Vandermeer, who is clearly some sort of over-achiever he probably was the kid with his hand up in class all the time has done his own bizarre take on the word macerate, along with every other word that was used by the anthology’s contributors."

debilitate  drain  enfeeble  separate  soften  

Sanforize  agonize  attenuate  bathe  bloody  

macerated  macerates  macerating