Flocculate (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass

Example:

the protoplasms flocculated

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "flocculate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

flocculation (the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations)

flocculent (having a fluffy character or appearance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate

Example:

The chemist flocculated the suspended material

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "flocculate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

flocculent (having a fluffy character or appearance)

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