'Masticate' definitions:
Definition of 'masticate'
verb
Grind and knead; "masticate rubber"
verb
Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" [syn:
chew, masticate,
manducate,
jaw]
Definition of 'Masticate'
- Masticate \Mas"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Masticating.] [L. masticatus, p. p. of
masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.]
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for
swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
[1913 Webster]
- bite,
- bruise,
- champ,
- chaw,
- chew,
- chew the cud,
- chew up,
- chomp,
- chump,
- crunch,
- crush,
- gnash,
- gnaw,
- grind,
- gum,
- macerate,
- mash,
- mouth,
- mumble,
- munch,
- nibble,
- pulp,
- pulpify,
- ruminate,
- scrunch,
- smash,
- squash
Words containing 'Masticate'
- Mastic,
- Masticable,
- Masticated,
- Masticating,
- Mastication,
- Masticator,
- Barbary mastic,
- Mastic Beach,
- Mastic, NY,
- mastic tree,
- Mastic Beach, NY,
- Peruvian mastic tree,
- West Indian mastic
