| 单词 | masticate |
| 释义 | masticate (once / 6424 pages) v To masticate is to chew your food or to bite and grind stuff with your teeth. While humans use their teeth, primarily molars, to masticate their food, some animals have evolved other ways to do this. Some masticate by crushing food between hard plates on the top and bottom of their mouths, and others masticate by using a spiny tongue to break down their food. WORD FAMILYmasticate: masticated, masticates, masticating, mastication+/mastication: mastications USAGE EXAMPLESA volunteer veterinary surgeon then performed the operation to remove the dense, masticated mass of bamboo, which was preventing intestinal movement. Reuters(Nov 25, 2016) She just met his expressionless gaze while he finished masticating his bite of sandwich. Time(Oct 20, 2016) Well, you try it first, and based on that initial masticating, decide if you want to eat more or less. Washington Times(Jul 04, 2016) 1v grind and knead masticate rubber Hyper knead, work make uniform 2v chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth The cows were masticating the grass Syn|Hypo|Hyper chew, jaw, manducate champ, chomp chew noisily champchafe at the bit, like horses gum, mumblegrind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty chawchew without swallowing crunch, munchchew noisily gnawbite or chew on with the teeth grate, grind make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together |
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