Posted on 03/31/2021 5:54:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
flocculate | verb
floc·cu·late | \ ˈflä-kyə-ˌlāt \ flocculated; flocculating Definition of flocculate transitive verb
: to cause to aggregate into a flocculent mass flocculate clay particles intransitive verb
: to become flocculent Other Words from flocculate Did You Know? Learn More about flocculate Other Words from flocculate flocculant \ ˈflä-kyə-lənt \ noun flocculation \ ˌflä-kyə-ˈlā-shən \ noun flocculator \ ˈflä-kyə-ˌlā-tər \ noun
intransitive verb To cause (individual particles of clay) to aggregate into clotlike masses or precipitate into small lumps.
intransitive verb To cause (clouds) to form fluffy masses.
Did You Know? In the late 16th century, scientists noticed that the loose masses separated from a solution or suspension through precipitation often resembled tufts of wool, and they began to refer to them as "flocks," using another word for "tufts." (This "flock" is not related to the word flock that refers to a group of animals, which comes from Old English flocc, meaning "crowd" or "band.") About two centuries later, the Late Latin term flocculus found its way into English and was also used with the meaning "a small loosely aggregated mass." By the end of the 19th century, a whole word family had been formed, including the adjective "flocculent," the noun "floccule," and the verb "flocculate."
First Known Use of flocculate 1877, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
As in “go flocculate yourself”? Yeah, it does sound bad. :-)
Slow sheep? Late sheep in any case.
Told me hygienist that I always cleaned between my teeth twice. Once every six months at their office. She said I was going to flosstoolate.
“\ noun flocculator”
Odd. I’ve never met anybody that wanted to grow up to be a flocculator. Heck, i’ve never even met someone that said “If I could do it all over again...I’d be a flocculator.”.
See you later, Flocculator!.................
Oh my..... not to be confused with flatulate?
In the backwoods of Mississippi a whole bunch of ducks disappeared. The game warden had to ask the hillbillies, “Was that a flock you all ate?”
I thought Bentonites were natives from around that northern Arkansas city where Wally World started?
Still driving that Kubota?
I see that stuff for sale at around $1 per pound.
You may be sitting on a gold mine!!
Kubota heaven.
Andrew Cuomo has flocculated allegations of sexual abuse and harrassment into a hot mess. Yet, he sits in the governor’s mansion and clings to his throne. Must be pretty lonely, especially since he and brother Fredo can’t go live on TV together. Too bad, so sad.
Nice to see WFTD is still happening.
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