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granulate

verb
/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/UK/ˈɡɹæn.jul.eɪt/US/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.ət/UK/ˈɡɹæn.jul.ət/US

Etymology

Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule + -ate.

  1. derived from grānum
  2. borrowed from grānulum
  3. borrowed from granule
  4. formed as granulate — “granule + -ate”

Definitions

  1. To segment into tiny grains or particles.

  2. To collect or be formed into grains.

    • Cane juice granulates into sugar.

  3. Consisting of, or resembling, grains

    Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

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Derived

degranulate, granulater, granulator, microgranulate, multigranulate, regranulate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA