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Definition of masticates in English English dictionary
- third-person singular of masticate
- masticate
- To grind or knead something into a pulp
- masticate
- {v} to chew, grind, eat
- masticate
- grind and knead; "masticate rubber
- masticate
- {f} chew; grind to a pulp with one's teeth
- masticate
- chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
- masticate
- To chew (food)
- masticate
- To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food
- masticate
- grind and knead; "masticate rubber"
- masticate
- When you masticate food, you chew it. Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit Don't gulp everything down without masticating. + mastication mas·ti·ca·tion Poor digestion can be caused by defective mastication of the food in the mouth. to chew food (past participle of masticare, from mastichan )