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trit·u·rate

(trĭch′ə-rāt′)

tr.v. trit·u·rat·ed, trit·u·rat·ing, trit·u·rates

To rub, crush, grind, or pound into fine particles or a powder; pulverize.

n. (-ər-ĭt)

A triturated substance, especially a powdered drug.

[Late Latin trītūrāre, trītūrāt-, to thresh, from Latin trītūra, a threshing, from trītus, past participle of terere, to thresh; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]

trit′u·ra·ble adj.

trit′u·ra′tor n.

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triturate

(ˈtrɪtjʊˌreɪt)

(tr) to grind or rub into a fine powder or pulp; masticate

the powder or pulp resulting from this grinding

[C17: from Late Latin trītūrāre to thresh, from Latin trītūra a threshing, from terere to grind]

ˈtriturable adj

ˈtrituˌrator n

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trit•u•rate

(v. ˈtrɪtʃ əˌreɪt; n. -ər ɪt)

v. -rat•ed, -rat•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.

2. a triturated substance.

3. trituration (def. 3).

[1615–25; < Late Latin trītūrātus, past participle of trītūrāre to thresh, derivative of Latin trītūra a threshing (trīt(us) rubbed, crushed (see trite) + -ūra -ure); see -ate¹]

trit′u•ra`tor, n.

triturate

Past participle: triturated
Gerund: triturating

Imperative
triturate
triturate

Present
I triturate
you triturate
he/she/it triturates
we triturate
you triturate
they triturate

Preterite
I triturated
you triturated
he/she/it triturated
we triturated
you triturated
they triturated

Present Continuous
I am triturating
you are triturating
he/she/it is triturating
we are triturating
you are triturating
they are triturating

Present Perfect
I have triturated
you have triturated
he/she/it has triturated
we have triturated
you have triturated
they have triturated

Past Continuous
I was triturating
you were triturating
he/she/it was triturating
we were triturating
you were triturating
they were triturating

Past Perfect
I had triturated
you had triturated
he/she/it had triturated
we had triturated
you had triturated
they had triturated

Future
I will triturate
you will triturate
he/she/it will triturate
we will triturate
you will triturate
they will triturate

Future Perfect
I will have triturated
you will have triturated
he/she/it will have triturated
we will have triturated
you will have triturated
they will have triturated

Future Continuous
I will be triturating
you will be triturating
he/she/it will be triturating
we will be triturating
you will be triturating
they will be triturating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been triturating
you have been triturating
he/she/it has been triturating
we have been triturating
you have been triturating
they have been triturating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been triturating
you will have been triturating
he/she/it will have been triturating
we will have been triturating
you will have been triturating
they will have been triturating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been triturating
you had been triturating
he/she/it had been triturating
we had been triturating
you had been triturating
they had been triturating

Conditional
I would triturate
you would triturate
he/she/it would triturate
we would triturate
you would triturate
they would triturate

Past Conditional
I would have triturated
you would have triturated
he/she/it would have triturated
we would have triturated
you would have triturated
they would have triturated

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triturate

verb

To break up into tiny particles:

bray, crush, granulate, grind, mill, powder, pulverize.

Translations

zerreiben

triturate

[ˈtrɪtʃəreɪt] VT → triturar

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trit·ur·ate

vt. triturar, masticar.

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There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn looking, as if by some trituration. It at once occurred to me that that this wound, or whatever it was, might be the means of that manifest loss of blood.

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