Manducate \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
manducate
v : chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and
don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
[syn: chew, masticate, jaw]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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