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to granulate
01
to break a substance down into small particles
Transitive: to granulate a substance
Examples
To make the medication easier to swallow, the pharmacist granulated the tablets into a fine granular form.
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
granulate
3rd person singular
granulates
Present participle
granulating
Past simple
granulated
Past participle
granulated
Examples
As her cut began to granulate, new pink flesh was visible where the scab had been.
03
(of a substance) to transform into a granular or particulate form
Intransitive
Examples
Over time, the sugar syrup began to granulate, forming small crystals at the bottom of the jar.
Lexical Tree
granulated
granulation
granulate
