GRANULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does granulate mean? 

• GRANULATE (verb)
  The verb GRANULATE has 3 senses:

1. form into grains

2. become granular

3. form granulating tissue

  Familiarity information: GRANULATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRANULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they granulate    ... he / she / it granulates   
Past simple: granulated   
Past participle: granulated   
-ing form: granulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into grains

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

grain; granulate

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

form (assume a form or shape)

Cause:

grain; granulate (become granular)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

granulation (the act of forming something into granules or grains)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become granular

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

grain; granulate

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

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form granulating tissue

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

wounds and ulcers can granulate

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

heal (get healthy again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody's (body part) ----s

Derivation:

granulation (new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process)

 Context examples 

The endoplasmic reticulum is not as abundant as in the sparsely granulated subtype.

(Densely Granulated Pituitary Gland Lactotroph Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a diameter of 10-18 micrometer, and an oval or round nucleus with finely granulated chromatin.

(Myelocyte, NCI Thesaurus)