v. i. To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Granulated p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating ] [ See Granule. ] 1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. granulation. ] 1. The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being granulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) (a) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing. (b) The act or process of the formation of such prominences. [ 1913 Webster ]