"masticate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmæstɪkeɪt/ Audio: en-us-masticate.ogg , en-au-masticate.ogg Forms: masticates [present, singular, third-person], masticating [participle, present], masticated [participle, past], masticated [past]
Etymology: From the past participle stem of Late Latin masticō (“I chew”), from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I grind the teeth”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|masticō||I chew}} Late Latin masticō (“I chew”), {{der|en|grc|μαστιχάω||I grind the teeth}} Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I grind the teeth”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} masticate (third-person singular simple present masticates, present participle masticating, simple past and past participle masticated)
  1. (transitive) To chew (food). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-masticate-en-verb-qjAICqzV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bavarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bavarian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 44
  2. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp. Tags: transitive Translations (to knead): dabaazn (Bavarian), jauhaa (Finnish), soseuttaa (Finnish), kremja í mauk (english: crush into a mush) (Icelandic), hnoða í mauk (Icelandic), kōrapu (Maori), месить (mesitʹ) (Russian), knåda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-masticate-en-verb-AXUQbbwf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to knead': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: masticable, masticator, premasticate, remasticate Related terms: mastic, mastication, masticatory

Inflected forms

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