Masticate
verb
To chew food.
Before swallowing, you should masticate your food properly.
Often appears as...
- masticate food
- masticate properly
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading.
The machine masticates the paper into a pulp.
Often appears as...
- masticate paper
- masticate into pulp
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To think about something carefully and for a long time.
He was left to masticate on the implications of the decision.
Often appears as...
- masticate on implications
- masticate on decision
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Idiomatic
verb
To chew food.
Before swallowing, you should masticate your food properly.
Often appears as...
- masticate food
- masticate properly
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading.
The machine masticates the paper into a pulp.
Often appears as...
- masticate paper
- masticate into pulp
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To think about something carefully and for a long time.
He was left to masticate on the implications of the decision.
Often appears as...
- masticate on implications
- masticate on decision
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Chewing Process
Masticate refers to the entire process of chewing, not just biting into something.
It's important to masticate each bite to aid digestion.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Animals
'Masticate' is also used scientifically, often about how animals chew.
Herbivore mammals masticate their food very thoroughly.
Pro Tip 3/3Food Textures
While all foods can be masticated, the word is often associated with harder or chewier foods.
She needed to masticate the tough meat for a long time.
Pro Tip 1/3Chewing Process
Masticate refers to the entire process of chewing, not just biting into something.
It's important to masticate each bite to aid digestion.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Animals
'Masticate' is also used scientifically, often about how animals chew.
Herbivore mammals masticate their food very thoroughly.
Pro Tip 3/3Food Textures
While all foods can be masticated, the word is often associated with harder or chewier foods.
She needed to masticate the tough meat for a long time.
Pro Tip 1/3Chewing Process
Masticate refers to the entire process of chewing, not just biting into something.
It's important to masticate each bite to aid digestion.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Animals
'Masticate' is also used scientifically, often about how animals chew.
Herbivore mammals masticate their food very thoroughly.
Pro Tip 3/3Food Textures
While all foods can be masticated, the word is often associated with harder or chewier foods.
She needed to masticate the tough meat for a long time.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
why don't they eat oh they do eat the intestines that's what he was eating he was eating the intestines but he was pushing out the half-digested bolus so the bonus is the kind of masticated
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
why don't they eat oh they do eat the intestines that's what he was eating he was eating the intestines but he was pushing out the half-digested bolus so the bonus is the kind of masticated
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Connie Nielsen
Danish Actress
It's disconcerting that there's been this weird business model focused on teenaged boys, and it comes with a completely unexamined social cost. I hope there's an awareness happening to create an audience habituated to seeing women as they really are, rather than just a masticated shadow.
Quote examples
Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I have my own personal masticating juicer at home. I sort of picked it up from friends a few years ago, and it just gives me more energy. Mostly green juice. Spinach, celery, kale, green apples, lemon, sometimes ginger - you know, like, nasty, euuugghhhh!
Quote examples
Nolan Bushnell
American Businessman
How about keyboards in your mouth? How fast can you type with your tongue? People will think you're just masticating, when you're really talking to your girlfriend.
Quote examples
Connie Nielsen
Danish Actress
It's disconcerting that there's been this weird business model focused on teenaged boys, and it comes with a completely unexamined social cost. I hope there's an awareness happening to create an audience habituated to seeing women as they really are, rather than just a masticated shadow.
Quote examples
Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I have my own personal masticating juicer at home. I sort of picked it up from friends a few years ago, and it just gives me more energy. Mostly green juice. Spinach, celery, kale, green apples, lemon, sometimes ginger - you know, like, nasty, euuugghhhh!
Quote examples
Nolan Bushnell
American Businessman
How about keyboards in your mouth? How fast can you type with your tongue? People will think you're just masticating, when you're really talking to your girlfriend.
Example 1 of 3
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