masticate

mas·ti·cate

M0143900 (măs′tĭ-kāt′)v. mas·ti·cat·ed, mas·ti·cat·ing, mas·ti·cates v.tr.1. To chew (food).2. To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.v.intr. To chew food.

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[Late Latin masticāre, masticāt-, to masticate, from Greek mastikhān, to grind the teeth.]

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mas′ti·ca′tion n.mas′ti·ca′tor n.

masticate

(ˈmæstɪˌkeɪt) vb1. (Physiology) to chew (food)2. to reduce (materials such as rubber) to a pulp by crushing, grinding, or kneading[C17: from Late Latin masticāre, from Greek mastikhan to grind the teeth] ˈmasticable adj ˌmastiˈcation n ˈmastiˌcator n

mas•ti•cate

(ˈmæs tɪˌkeɪt)

v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t. 1. to chew (food). 2. to reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading. v.i. 3. to chew. [1640–50; < Late Latin masticātus, past participle of masticāre to chew. See mastic, -ate¹] mas′ti•ca•ble (-kə bəl) adj. mas`ti•ca′tion, n. mas′ti•ca`tor, n. mas′ti•ca•to`ry (-kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

masticate

Past participle: masticated
Gerund: masticating

Imperative
masticate
masticate

Present
I masticate
you masticate
he/she/it masticates
we masticate
you masticate
they masticate

Preterite
I masticated
you masticated
he/she/it masticated
we masticated
you masticated
they masticated

Present Continuous
I am masticating
you are masticating
he/she/it is masticating
we are masticating
you are masticating
they are masticating

Present Perfect
I have masticated
you have masticated
he/she/it has masticated
we have masticated
you have masticated
they have masticated

Past Continuous
I was masticating
you were masticating
he/she/it was masticating
we were masticating
you were masticating
they were masticating

Past Perfect
I had masticated
you had masticated
he/she/it had masticated
we had masticated
you had masticated
they had masticated

Future
I will masticate
you will masticate
he/she/it will masticate
we will masticate
you will masticate
they will masticate

Future Perfect
I will have masticated
you will have masticated
he/she/it will have masticated
we will have masticated
you will have masticated
they will have masticated

Future Continuous
I will be masticating
you will be masticating
he/she/it will be masticating
we will be masticating
you will be masticating
they will be masticating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been masticating
you have been masticating
he/she/it has been masticating
we have been masticating
you have been masticating
they have been masticating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been masticating
you will have been masticating
he/she/it will have been masticating
we will have been masticating
you will have been masticating
they will have been masticating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been masticating
you had been masticating
he/she/it had been masticating
we had been masticating
you had been masticating
they had been masticating

Conditional
I would masticate
you would masticate
he/she/it would masticate
we would masticate
you would masticate
they would masticate

Past Conditional
I would have masticated
you would have masticated
he/she/it would have masticated
we would have masticated
you would have masticated
they would have masticated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	masticate - grind and knead; "masticate rubber"knead, work - make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"
	2.	masticate - 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"chew, manducate, jawchomp, champ - chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich"champ - chafe at the bit, like horsesgum, mumble - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"chaw - chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"munch, crunch - chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"grind, grate - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"gnaw - bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"

masticate

verb chew, eat, champ, crunch, munch Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit.

masticate

verbTo bite and grind with the teeth:champ, chew, chomp, chump, crump, crunch, munch.Regional: chaw.

Translations

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