granulate

Definition of Granulate in English :

1. grain, granulate

form into grains

2. grain, granulate

become granular

3. granulate

form granulating tissue

Example Sentences:
'wounds and ulcers can granulate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Granulate

verb

1. (transitive)

to make into grains

2.

to make or become roughened in surface texture

3. (intransitive)

(of a wound, ulcer, etc) to form granulation tissue

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈgranuˌlated or ˈgranuˌlating

1.

to form into grains or granules

2.

to make or become rough on the surface by the development of granules

v. gran·u·lat·ed, gran·u·lat·ing, gran·u·lates

v.tr.

1. To form into grains or granules.

2. To make rough and grainy.

v.intr.

To become granular or grainy.