masticate
Meaning of masticate
verb
- chew (food).
dentition affects how well food is masticated and absorbed
try to masticate slowly
mid 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as mastication ): from late Latin masticat- ‘chewed’, from the verb masticare, from Greek mastikhan ‘gnash the teeth’ (related to masasthai ‘to chew’).
Information about masticate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of masticate is: masticates.
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Hyphenation of masticate
mas-ti-cate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- masticate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
masticate synonyms
Meaning chew:
Meaning eat (something) steadily and often audibly:
Meaning (of a horse) make a noisy biting or chewing action:
Meaning munch or chew noisily or vigorously:
Meaning crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound:
Meaning put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it:
Meaning think deeply about something:
Meaning grind to a fine powder:
Meaning nibble; chew:
Anagrams of masticate
Words that rhyme with masticate
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