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Masticate

verb
(past & past part. masticated; pres. part. masticating)
1.
Grind and knead.
2.
Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.  Synonyms: chew, jaw, manducate.  "Chew your food and don't swallow it!" , "The cows were masticating the grass"






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"Masticate" Quotes from Famous Books



... Of these she would take one or other in succession, almost constantly. In a day or two fresh remedies or concoctions would take their place. There would be a bottle of wine or of violet syrup; anise seeds to masticate instead of cloves; quince preserve; orgeat; a cup ...
— Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century • W. H. Davenport Adams

... dull by repeated tasting, one of the best ways of refreshing it, is to masticate an apple, or to wash your mouth well ...
— The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual • William Kitchiner

... subject experiences sensitiveness in the gums and can not masticate hard food. When this sensitiveness is no longer felt, usually the following day, the ...
— The Manbos of Mindano - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir • John M. Garvan



Words linked to "Masticate" :   gum, grind, chew, manducate, work, munch, knead, mastication, gnaw, chomp, champ, chaw, crunch, grate, mumble, jaw



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