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- DictionaryMas·ti·cate/ˈmastəˌkāt/
verb
- 1. chew (food): "dentition affects how well food is masticated and absorbed"
The meaning of MASTICATE is to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew. How to use masticate in a sentence.
masticate. You contemplate what now looks like a slice of jammy toast that has been soaked in milk for half a day and masticated by a dog. From Slate Magazine. Masticating a bolus of chewy grains is one of the least rejuvenating corporal experiences imaginable, on a par with swathing your body in a wool blanket.
The noun form of masticate is mastication, which refers to the act of chewing. Less commonly, masticate means to reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading, as is done in the rubber-making process. Example: When we masticate, saliva is released from glands under the tongue to aid in the process of chewing and swallowing.
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.
Mammals chew (masticate) their food which requires a set of firmly attached, strong teeth and a full tooth row without gaps.
Definition of masticate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. to chew (food) 2. to reduce (materials such as rubber) to a pulp by crushing, grinding, or kneading.... Click for more definitions.
masticate - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
2 senses: 1. to chew (food) 2. to reduce (materials such as rubber) to a pulp by crushing, grinding, or kneading.... Click for more definitions.
Masticate definition: To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
