| Main Entry: | macerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liquefy |
Synonyms: |
emaciate, mash, permeate, ret, saturate, soak, soften, steep |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assimilate food |
Synonyms: |
absorb, chymify, consume, dissolve, eat, incorporate, macerate, swallow, take |
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
Synonyms: |
annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
| Main Entry: | mash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smash, squash |
Synonyms: |
brew, bruise, chew, crush, decoct, grind, hash, infuse, macerate, masticate, mush up, pound, press, pulp, pulverize, push, reduce, scrunch, squeeze, squish, steep, triturate |
| Main Entry: | pulp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mash, pulverize |
Synonyms: |
bruise, coagulate, crush, gelatinate, macerate, squash, triturate |
| Main Entry: | soak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet |
Synonyms: |
absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe, soften, sop, souse, steep, submerge, take in, wash, water, waterlog |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | squash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, flatten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, sit on, smash, squeeze, squish, stamp on, suppress, trample, triturate |
| Notes: | quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze |
Antonyms: |
fan, open, uncompress |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let soak |
Synonyms: |
bathe, damp, drench, fill, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog |
Antonyms: |
dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
abridged, analectic, compendious, condensed, curtailed, minified, synoptic, truncated
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