мельчи́ть

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verbimperfective perfective is измельчи́ть

1.
to crush, to grind, to break up into small pieces
Он мельчи́т ко́мья земли́ лопа́той.
He is breaking up the clods of earth with a spade.
Transitive; of soil, stone, food.
2.
to trivialize, to belittle, to reduce the significance of, to lower the dignity of
Не надо мельчи́ть таку́ю ва́жную те́му.
There is no need to trivialize such an important topic.
Figurative: of a topic, an image, a person.
3.
(rare) to take small steps, to do in tiny increments, to write small
Не мельчи́ нога́ми, шага́й ши́ре.
Don't take such tiny steps - stride wider.
Intransitive, often with ногами or of handwriting.

Conjugation

Imperative
ты	мельчи́
вы	мельчи́те

Active present	мельча́щий	becoming smaller, shrinking, diminishing, becoming finer
Active past	мельчи́вший	having crushed, having minced, having made small, having chopped finely
Passive present	мельчимый	crushable, grindable, pulverizable
Passive past	мельчённый	crushed, ground, milled, finely chopped
Gerund present	мельча́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	мельчив мельчивши	while doing (past)

мельча́тьto become smaller; to become shallower; to become petty
verbimperfective
измельча́тьto grind; to shred; to become smaller; to become shallow; to degenerate
verbimperfective
измельча́ниеlowering of moral standards
nounneuter
измельче́ниеgrinding
nounneuter
размельча́тьto make small
verbimperfective

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Verb	Prefix	Meaning
мельчи́ть	-	to crush; to trivialize; to take small steps
измельчи́ть	из-	to grind; to chop up finely

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