Crossword clues for masticated
masticated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Masticate \Mas"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Masticating.] [L. masticatus, p. p. of masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.] To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: masticate)
Usage examples of "masticated".
Aguinaldo shoveled another forkful of breakfast into his mouth and masticated while looking a challenge at Sturgeon.
Every now and then he'd spit masticated cigar fragments onto the floor.
He removed the cigar and probed in his mouth with a finger, extracting a masticated wad of tobacco.
Finally she spat the masticated pulp into the bowl of water and stirred the fluid until it turned a milky white.
By the time she spat out the last of the masticated pulp, she was feeling light-headed.
Duke and some of the other bronzes had found pebbles that they masticated in demonstration.
Hundreds of great jaws masticated the stone, swallowed it, their digestive acids transforming dry stone into flame-producing gases, igniting on contact with oxygen.
His throat went dry, and for a moment he masticated air, trying to make words come.
He popped it into his mouth and closed his eyes in rapture as he slowly masticated it.