| Pronunciation: | | 'mandyû`keyt
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| Matching Terms: | | manducation, manducatory
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [v] chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
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| | Synonyms: | | chew, jaw, masticate |
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| | See Also: | | champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, gnaw, grate, grind, gum, mumble, munch |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Man"du*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manducated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Manducating}.] [L. manducatus, p. p. of
manducare to chew. See {Manger}.]
To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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