Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To form into grains or granules.
- intransitive verb To make rough and grainy.
- intransitive verb To become granular or grainy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form into grains: as, to
granulate powder or sugar. - To raise in granules; make rough on the surface.
- To become formed into grains; become granular.
- Same as
granulated or granular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To collect or be formed into grains.
- transitive verb To form into grains or small masses.
- transitive verb To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.
- adjective Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
- adjective Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.
- adjective a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
segment intotiny grains orparticles - adjective Consisting of, or resembling,
grains ;crystallized in grains;granular . - adjective Having numerous small
elevations , likeshagreen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb form granulating tissue
- verb become granular
- verb form into grains
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Examples
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It washes, classifies, mills and converts plastic waste into granulate, which is used to make new plastic products.
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Dry air conveyance to a just-in-time feeding unit, which minimizes the quantities of material present on the injection molding machine, is used to prevent remoistening of the dried granulate, which is an important asset especially in tropical regions.
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A doctor can suture two pieces of skin together, but there is some capacity that lies beyond our ken, some talent that resides only within each one of us that allows that tissue to granulate and be reformed.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Verbal First Aid: Healing Children's Pain and Fear With Words 2010
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A doctor can suture two pieces of skin together, but there is some capacity that lies beyond our ken, some talent that resides only within each one of us that allows that tissue to granulate and be reformed.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Verbal First Aid: Healing Children's Pain and Fear With Words 2010
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You cannot granulate chewing gum and force it through an injection moulding machine .. no moulder in their right mind would do this for the sake of a marketing gimmick.
THE BUBBLE GUM BIN – Made From ‘Recycled’ Gum! | Inhabitat 2007
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Prior to processing Luxus clean and granulate the tanks.
Archive 2008-09-01 Thatsnews 2008
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‘Bin 2 Bin’ closed loop recycling involves shredding and granulating wheeled bins and boxes, melting and mixing granulate with additives and colours ready for processing into new bins and boxes.
Archive 2008-11-01 Thatsnews 2008
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‘Bin 2 Bin’ closed loop recycling involves shredding and granulating wheeled bins and boxes, melting and mixing granulate with additives and colours ready for processing into new bins and boxes.
Recycling service for wheeled bins and kerbside boxes offers revenue stream for local authorities Thatsnews 2008
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Prior to processing Luxus clean and granulate the tanks.
Festival accommodation goes green with recyclable myhab Thatsnews 2008
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“When we first started, we noticed that it was not very porous and had a difficult time mixing in with the soil, so we developed a machine to granulate the manure.”
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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