reduce+to+powder

  • 61comminute — v. a. Pulverize, triturate, levigate, powder, grind, bruise, bray, break to pieces, break or separate into fine particles, reduce to powder …

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  • 62crush — v 1. squash, mash, press down, compress, cramp, constrict, tighten; squeeze, pinch, bruise, contuse; crumple, rumple, wrinkle. 2. pound, grind, smash, shiver, splinter, shatter, pulverize, granulate, powder, triturate, comminute, reduce to… …

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  • 63истирать — ИСТИРАТЬ, несов. (сов. истереть), что. Разрушать (разрушить) что л. до полного измельчения посредством движения одного предмета по поверхности другого; Син.: измельчать, искрошить, размельчать [impf. to grate, pulverize, grind (up), crush or rub… …

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  • 64Grind — Grind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ground}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grinding}.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. {Grist}.] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to… …

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  • 65Grinding — Grind Grind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ground}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grinding}.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. {Grist}.] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to… …

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  • 66Ground — Grind Grind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ground}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grinding}.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. {Grist}.] 1. To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to… …

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  • 67Pulverate — Pul ver*ate, v. t. [L. pulveratus, p. p. of pulverare to pulverize. See {Pulverize}.] To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 68grind — I. verb (ground; grinding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grindan; akin to Latin frendere to crush, grind Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to reduce to powder or small fragments by friction (as in a mill or with the… …

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  • 69pound — I. noun (plural pounds; also pound) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pund, from Latin pondo pound, from ablative of pondus weight more at pendant Date: before 12th century 1. any of various units of mass and weight; specifically a unit …

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  • 70grind — grīnd vt, ground grau̇nd; grind·ing 1) to reduce to powder or small fragments by friction (as with the teeth) 2) to press together and move with a rotating or back and forth motion see BRUXISM …

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