granulate
to become granular or grainy.
Pathology. to form granulation tissue.
Origin of granulate
1Other words from granulate
- gran·u·lat·er, gran·u·la·tor, noun
- gran·u·la·tive [gran-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv], /ˈgræn yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv/, adjective
- mul·ti·gran·u·lat·ed, adjective
- non·gran·u·lat·ed, adjective
- un·gran·u·lat·ed, adjective
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How to use granulate in a sentence
The great question was would the syrup granulate; and hundreds gathered to watch the experiment.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War | Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap PottsIt did granulate, and the first product sold for twelve thousand dollars—a large sum at that time.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War | Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap PottsThe abdomen is finely granulate and at the lower edge of each scutum there are eight heavy, short, simple hairs.
Cephalothorax finely granulate and heavy, simple spine-like hairs placed in a definite order.
It is stuffed with iodoform gauze, which is changed daily, and the cavity is allowed to granulate up from the bottom.
British Dictionary definitions for granulate
/ (ˈɡrænjʊˌleɪt) /
(tr) to make into grains
to make or become roughened in surface texture
(intr) (of a wound, ulcer, etc) to form granulation tissue
Derived forms of granulate
- granulative, adjective
- granulator or granulater, noun
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