0 present participle of macerate
1 to leave food in a liquid so that it absorbs the liquid and becomes soft, or to become soft in this way:
Mix together all the ingredients and leave them to macerate in the fridge overnight.
Macerating enzymes (for instance glucanases) may also be added at this stage, to aid extraction of color and fruit flavours from the skins and to facilitate pressing.
The tape might create a macerating and keratolytic environment, stimulating an immune response.
The craft of wine preparation is demonstrated through macerating grapes by the traditional method of treading by foot.
Opium extract ("extractum opii") finally can be made by macerating raw opium with water.
This sauce was made by macerating and soaking the bowels of fish.
Also, macerating toilets, which use a grinding or blending mechanism to reduce human waste to a slurry, which can then be moved by pumping.
Birds do not have teeth, relying instead on other means of gripping and macerating their food.
Gems or metals are purified to remove impurities and treated by triturating and macerating in herbal extracts.
