macerating

v. soften by soaking; cause to decompose or disintegrate; become soft, disintegrate; cause to become thin, make lean

Macerating refers to softening or breaking into pieces with liquid.It can refer to a form of food preparation. Raw, dried or preserved fruit or vegetables are soaked in liquid to soften and to absorb the flavor of the liquid.[1]  In the case of fruit, they are often just sprinkled with sugar, then left to sit and release their own juices. This process makes the food more flavorful and easier to chew and digest.
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Verb
1. separate into constituents by soaking
(hypernym) separate
2. become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"
(hypernym) soften
3. soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
(hypernym) soften
(entail) drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(derivation) maceration
4. cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
(synonym) waste, emaciate
(hypernym) enfeeble, debilitate, drain
(cause) emaciate
(derivation) bonyness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Macerate
  

MACERANDO. MACERANDOSI