Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manducate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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