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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass;
- Example: "the protoplasms flocculated"

2. cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate;
- Example: "The chemist flocculated the suspended material"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating.] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, a. (Zool.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, v. t. To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition. When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them. --I. P. Roberts. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flocculate v 1: form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass; "the protoplasms flocculated" 2: cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate; "The chemist flocculated the suspended material"