Definition of "macerating" [macerating]

• Present participle of macerate. (verb)

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• "Appreciation, too, for those who suggested freezing my damsons and sloes before macerating them in the alcohol rather than pricking them by hand."
• "Varenye Russian-style jam There is nothing particularly Russian about this technique of macerating the fruit with sugar in advance, but the result is just about right."
• "Authentic rosé is instead made by macerating red grape skins to give pale wine a blush."