flocculate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
    • the protoplasms flocculated
  2. verb cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
    • The chemist flocculated the suspended material

WordNet

Floc"cu*late intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Flocculated; present participle & verbal noun Flocculating
Definitions
  1. (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps.
Floc"cu*late adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

Webster 1913