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FLOCCULATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they flocculate ... he / she / it flocculates
Past simple: flocculated
Past participle: flocculated
-ing form: flocculating
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)
