COMMINUTE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they comminute ... he / she / it comminutes

Past simple: comminuted

Past participle: comminuted

-ing form: comminuting

Meaning:

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Example:

mash the garlic

Synonyms:

bray; comminute; crunch; grind; mash

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "comminute" is one way to...):

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "comminute"):

pulp (reduce to pulp)

pestle (grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar)

mill (grind with a mill)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something