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MANDUCATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

The cows were masticating the grass

Synonyms:

chew; jaw; manducate; masticate

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "manducate" is one way to...):

grate; grind (make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manducate"):

champ; chomp (chew noisily)

champ (chafe at the bit, like horses)

gum; mumble (grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty)

chaw (chew without swallowing)

crunch; munch (chew noisily)

gnaw (bite or chew on with the teeth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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