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Webster 1913 Edition


Flocculate

Floc′cu-late

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flocculated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocculating
.]
(Geol.)
To aggregate into small lumps.

Floc′cu-late

,
Adj.
(Zool.)
Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

Definition 2024


flocculate

flocculate

English

Verb

flocculate (third-person singular simple present flocculates, present participle flocculating, simple past and past participle flocculated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
    • I. P. Roberts
      When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.

Italian

Verb

flocculate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of flocculare
  2. second-person plural imperative of flocculare
  3. feminine plural of flocculato