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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. form into grains;
[syn: granulate, grain]

2. become granular;
[syn: granulate, grain]

3. form granulating tissue;
- Example: "wounds and ulcers can granulate"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Granulate \Gran"u*late\, v. i. To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar. Granulate
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

granulate \gran"u*late\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granulated (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See Granule.] 1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Granulate \Gran"u*late\, Granulated \Gran"u*la`ted\, a. 1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar. [1913 Webster] 2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. [1913 Webster] Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

granulate v 1: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain] 2: become granular [syn: granulate, grain] 3: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"