pulverate (English, verb)
expansion: pulverate (third-person singular simple present pulverates, present participle pulverating, simple past and past participle pulverated)
Senses:
glosses: To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverise.
tags: transitive
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To break up soil or organic matter into a fine, powdery texture, often by means of a special plow.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To crush or subdue; to overwhelm.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To take a dust bath.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of birds
glosses: To be powdery or granular.
Forms:
form: pulverates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pulverating
tags: participle
present
form: pulverated
tags: participle
past
form: pulverated
tags: past