Crossword-Solution: MASTICATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Masticate | v. t. | To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “MASTICATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Chew well. | 1 answer |
| Prepare for digestion (tee-hee) | 1 answer |
| grind and knead | 1 answer |
| Make easier to swallow | 2 answers |
| CRUSH with teeth | 6 answers |
| Chomp | 16 answers |
| Munch | 19 answers |
| Crunch. | 25 answers |
| Dine | 26 answers |
| Gnaw | 28 answers |
| Chew____ | 31 answers |
| Bite | 41 answers |
| Eat | 56 answers |
| Crumble | 57 answers |
| Snap | 94 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MASTICATE (5)
You may see people in the streets almost running to their offices, at luncheon they do not masticate their food, they bolt it, and in less than ten minutes are on their way back to their office again.
CALAMITY POP most wisely Determined in everything To model his Court precisely On that of the English King; And ordered that every lady And every lady’s lord Should masticate jacky (a kind of tobaccy), And scatter its juice abroad.
The old man, who had a working mouth which seemed to be trying to masticate his anger and to find that it was too hard and there was too much of it, replied, ‘Them gentlemen.’ ‘What gentlemen?’ ‘Maybe you’re one of ’em?’ said the old man, suspiciously.
Then she would masticate a piece of iguana flesh and give it to me in my mouth, but I was quite unable to swallow it, greatly to her disappointment.
More than this, he had teeth fit to masticate iron, a stomach to dissolve it, a duodenum to digest it, a sphincter to let it out again without tearing, and shoulders that would bear a universe upon them, like that pagan gentleman to whom the job was confided, and whom the timely arrival of Jesus Christ discharged from the duty.
Quotes with MASTICATE (2)
Of all the consumer products, chewing gum is perhaps the most ridiculous: it literally has no nourishment — you just chew it to give yourself something to do with your stupid idiot Western mouth. Half the world is starving, and the other’s going, ‘I don’t actually need any nutrition, but it would be good to masticate, just to keep my mind off things.
And this is the sense of the word "grammar" which our inaccurate student detests, and this is the sense of the word which every sensible tutor will maintain. His maxim is "a little, but well"; that is, really know what you say you know: know what you know and what you do not know; get one thing well before you go on to a second; try to ascertain what your words mean; when you read a sentence, picture it before your mind as a whole, take in the truth or information contained i…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1950–1998).