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Meanings of masticate in English

Portuguese
mastigar
Catalan
mastegar

Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.

        mastigar
        Usage of masticate in English
        1
        A lovely night to stay awake and smell the cake and masticate.
        Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein / With Two Shorter Stories
        2
        Those who masticate thoroughly are generally quite moderate in their food intake.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        3
        They then roll the leaf up, and masticate it for hours together.
        Old Jack
        4
        It is necessary to masticate these foods very well, and avoid overeating.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        5
        His plan was simply to compel them to masticate their food thoroughly.
        Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
        6
        Anything small enough for a cow or deer to masticate was browse.
        Woodcraft
        7
        I eat fast, masticate little, my meals do not consume my hours.
        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 16
        8
        But where were the teeth to be found that could masticate them?
        Roughing It in the Bush
        9
        So dry were our mouths, however, we could scarcely masticate the uncooked fish.
        Twice Lost
        10
        They fed him, but he could hardly masticate, though swallowing his food ravenously.
        Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
        11
        He taught me to titillate, to triturate, to masticate, to deglute-everything.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920
        12
        Both peas and beans may be roasted, but they are rather difficult to masticate.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        13
        George, continuing to masticate his bread, says it has nothing to do with him.
        Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
        14
        This condition is caused by the animal not being able to properly masticate the food.
        One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
        15
        To get the best results it is absolutely necessary to masticate all starchy foods well.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        16
        As it has no teeth it cannot masticate timber.
        My Second Year of the War
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        Portuguese
        mastigarmascar
        Masticate through the time