Flocculate
Flocculate , intransitive verb
(Geology) To aggregate into small lumps.
Flocculate , adjective
(Zoology) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.
Flocculate , transitive verb
To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition.
When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.