maceration

English Thesaurus

1. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	leanness, spareness, thinness,
definition	:	the property of having little body fat (noun.attribute)

2. softening due to soaking or steeping (noun.process)

hypernym	:	softening,
definition	:	the process of becoming softer (noun.process)

3. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	emaciate,
definition	:	grow weak and thin or waste away physically (verb.change)

derivation	:	emaciate, macerate, waste,
definition	:	cause to grow thin or weak (verb.change)

derivation	:	bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted,
definition	:	very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold (adj.all)

derivation	:	boney, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy,
definition	:	being very thin (adj.all)

4. softening due to soaking or steeping (noun.process)

derivation	:	macerate,
definition	:	soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result (verb.change)

5. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	emaciate,
definition	:	grow weak and thin or waste away physically (verb.change)

derivation	:	emaciate, macerate, waste,
definition	:	cause to grow thin or weak (verb.change)

derivation	:	bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted,
definition	:	very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold (adj.all)

derivation	:	boney, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy,
definition	:	being very thin (adj.all)

6. softening due to soaking or steeping (noun.process)

derivation	:	macerate,
definition	:	soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result (verb.change)