adjective
- softened or broken down by soaking in liquid
- made thin or wasted away, especially from lack of food
Usage: formal
Examples
- The macerated strawberries released their juices into the sugar.
- She soaked the dried beans until they were completely macerated.
- The chef used macerated cherries in the dessert sauce.
- His face looked macerated after weeks without proper nutrition.
- The macerated fruit created a natural syrup.
- The patient’s macerated appearance concerned the doctors.