1. Soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
   "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
    
2. Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
   "the tissue macerated in the water"
    
3. Separate into constituents by soaking
   "Macerate the herbs in alcohol to extract their flavours"
    
4. Cause to grow thin or weak
   "The treatment macerated him";
   - waste, emaciate

1. A macerated substance, sometimes used to infuse vodka with flavour
   "They created a strawberry macerate to flavour their homemade vodka"

Derived forms: macerated, macerates, macerating

Type of: debilitate, drain, enfeeble, food product, foodstuff, separate, soften

Encyclopedia: Macerate