granulate

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

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.
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   2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on
      the surface.
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Granulate \Gran"u*late\, v. i.
   To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice
   granulates into sugar. Granulate
    

Granulate \Gran"u*late\, Granulated \Gran"u*la`ted\, a.
   1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in
      grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.
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   2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.
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   {Granulated steel}, a variety of steel made by a particular
      process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "granulate":
      abrade, atomize, beat, boss, bray, break up, brecciate, cake,
      candy, cicatrize, close up, coarsen, come to dust, comminute,
      concrete, condense, contriturate, crumb, crumble,
      crumble into dust, crumble to dust, crush, crystallize,
      disintegrate, effloresce, fall to dust, fall to pieces, flour,
      fragment, gnarl, grain, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder,
      heal, heal over, horripilate, knit, knob, levigate, mash, mill,
      pestle, pimple, pound, powder, pulverize, reduce to powder,
      right itself, rough, rough up, roughen, scab over, scrunch, set,
      shard, shred, smash, smooth, solidify, squash, stud, take a set,
      thicken, tooth, triturate