"granulate" meaning in English

See granulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more granulate [comparative], most granulate [superlative]
Etymology: Back-formation from granulation. By surface analysis, granule + -ate. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|granulation}} Back-formation from granulation, {{surf|en|granule|-ate}} By surface analysis, granule + -ate Head templates: {{en-adj}} granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)
  1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
    Sense id: en-granulate-en-adj-NYsGI6wT Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English back-formations: 43 24 18 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 24 18 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 40 28 15 16
  2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.
    Sense id: en-granulate-en-adj-QyVwA07A

Verb

Forms: granulates [present, singular, third-person], granulating [participle, present], granulated [participle, past], granulated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from granulation. By surface analysis, granule + -ate. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|granulation}} Back-formation from granulation, {{surf|en|granule|-ate}} By surface analysis, granule + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)
  1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles. Tags: transitive Translations (to segment into tiny grains): раздробявам (razdrobjavam) (Bulgarian), гранулирам (granuliram) (Bulgarian), rakeistaa (Finnish), grainer (French), granuler (French), granular (Galician), granulieren (German), granulál (Hungarian), granigar (Ido), meil (english: metal) (Irish), gránaigh (english: sugar) (Irish), granular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-granulate-en-verb-ZhHW7Hqx Disambiguation of 'to segment into tiny grains': 78 22
  2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-granulate-en-verb-GIlvd1TC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: grain, granular, granularity, granulation, granule

Inflected forms

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