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MACERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
Synonyms:
boniness; bonyness; emaciation; gauntness; maceration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("maceration" is a kind of...):
leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)
Derivation:
macerate (cause to grow thin or weak)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Softening due to soaking or steeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("maceration" is a kind of...):
softening (the process of becoming softer)
Derivation:
macerate (soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result)
