macerate
verb (used with object)
to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
macerated
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past participleof macerate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof macerate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
macerateverb (used with object)to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
Example Sentences
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She ran in place, holding hands with her stepmother, who kept slipping on the macerated mixture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Sitting in the clubhouse, a still soaked MacIntyre gawped at the TV screen, clattered his macerated hands together in applause, and mouthed "wow" as his dream died.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
To keep the shortcakes from turning soggy, the berries are briefly macerated before baking, which keeps them from weeping into the pastry.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
I folded confectioners' sugar into clouds of egg whites and macerated berries shipped in from Mexico while watching a video of Claire Saffitz baking her recipe in the heart of the summer.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2022
As she confided in her diary, the breakup of her previous engagement had left her “mangled and torn and castigated and macerated in soul.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
