Cŏm′mi-nūte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. COMMINUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. COMMINUTING.] [Lat. comminuere, comminutum, from com and minuere, to lessen, from minor, minus, comparative of parvus, little, small.] To make small or fine; to reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder, by breaking, pounding, rasping, grinding, or the like; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant.