levigating — v. grind into powder; smooth, polish; prepare a homogeneous mixture (Chemistry) adj. smooth, shiny, polished … English contemporary dictionary
levigating agent — a material used for moistening a solid before reducing it to a powder … Medical dictionary
Levigate — Lev i*gate ( g[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levigated} ( g[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levigating}.] [L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. l[=e]vis smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.] To make smooth in various senses: (a) To free from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Levigated — Levigate Lev i*gate ( g[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levigated} ( g[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levigating}.] [L. levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. l[=e]vis smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.] To make smooth in various senses: (a) To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Levigation — Lev i*ga tion (l[e^]v [i^]*g[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. levigatio a smoothing: cf. F. l[ e]vigation.] The act or operation of levigating. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
levigate — levigation, n. levigator, n. v. /lev i gayt /; adj. /lev i git, gayt /, v., levigated, levigating, adj. v.t. 1. to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid. 2. Chem. to make a homogeneous… … Universalium
levigate — lev·i·gate lev ə .gāt vt, gat·ed; gat·ing to grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition <by first levigating the zinc oxide with a small amount of glycerin a smooth paste is obtained (Art of Compounding)> lev·i·ga·tion .lev ə gā … Medical dictionary
grind — v 1. whet, mill, kibble, stone, sand, sandpaper, pumice; grate, file, rasp, scrape, gride; smooth, polish, burnish, buff. 2. crush, bray, pound, beat, mash, smash, Sl. smush; pulverize, mortar, comminute, triturate, levigate, powder, granulate,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
mastication — n 1. chewing, crunching, craunch ing, munching, champing, mumbling, Fletcherism, Fletcherizing, gnawing, nibbling, biting, Dial. chawing, Both Archaic. manducation, manducating; rumination, remastication. 2. pulverization, pulverizing,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rasp — v 1. scrape, scratch, excoriate, abrade, rub, scour, scrub; grate, shred, file, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; grind, mortar, levigate, triturate. 2. irritate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, rub the wrong way; annoy, vex, irk, peeve, gall,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
