Usually means: Knead or massage to soften.
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  1. malaxate: Merriam-Webster
  2. malaxate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  4. malaxate: Wiktionary
  5. Malaxate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Malaxate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. malaxate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. malaxate: FreeDictionary.org
  9. malaxate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ verb:  To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.

Similar:
knead, macerate, bemulce, mash, braid, malleate, marmelize, melt, mush up, sour, more...

Opposite:
harden, solidify, stiffen

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Similar:
knead, macerate, bemulce, mash, braid, malleate, marmelize, melt, mush up, sour, more...

Opposite:
harden, solidify, stiffen



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