"granulate" meaning in English

See granulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.juːl.ət/ [UK], /ˈɡɹæn.jul.ət/ [US], /ˈɡɹæn.jəl.ət/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-granulate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more granulate [comparative], most granulate [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English granule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English granulate From granule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|granule|-ate<pos:adjective-forming suffix><id:adjective>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English granule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English granulate [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "adjective-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "granulate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="granulate"> From granule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Head templates: {{en-adj}} granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)
  1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
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  2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.
    Sense id: en-granulate-en-adj-QyVwA07A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/ [UK], /ˈɡɹæn.jul.eɪt/ [US], /ˈɡɹæn.jəl.eɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-granulate.wav [General-American], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-granulate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: granulates [present, singular, third-person], granulating [participle, present], granulated [participle, past], granulated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule + -ate. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|granulation}} Back-formation from granulation, {{surf|en|granule|-ate|id2=verb}} 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), granular (Catalan), rakeistaa (Finnish), grainer (French), granuler (French), granular (Galician), granulieren (German), granulál (Hungarian), granigar (Ido), meil (english: metal) (Irish), gránaigh (english: sugar) (Irish), granulare (Italian), granuloso (Italian), granulować [imperfective] (Polish), zgranulować [perfective] (Polish), granular (Portuguese), granular (Spanish)
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  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
Derived forms: degranulate, granulater, granulator, microgranulate, multigranulate, regranulate Related terms: grain, granular, granularity, granulation, granule
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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