macerate
/ˈmæsəˌreɪt/
verb
- To soften or break down something by soaking it in a liquid, especially in cooking or food preparation.
- You can macerate fresh herbs in olive oil to infuse the oil with flavor.
- She let the dried fruit macerate in rum overnight before adding it to the cake batter.
- The recipe says to macerate the strawberries in sugar and lemon juice for an hour.
- To become soft or disintegrate as a result of being soaked in a liquid.
- The old leather boots macerated in the damp basement over the winter.
- The paper towels began to macerate after sitting in the puddle of water for too long.
- If you leave the bread in the soup too long, it will macerate and turn mushy.