masticate
verb (used with or without object)
to chew.
half-masticated
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a word derived from
masticate.
Example Sentences
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Young folks often get spots in the face from eating too fast, swallowing half-masticated food, and indulging in too much jam and sugar and "lollypops."
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 by Various
Refreshed by its first meal, the grub proceeds to attack this; not directly, but in the tunnel bored by the mother, which is littered with tiny crumbs and half-masticated shavings.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
But there are many to which half-masticated food is a real poison.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
In the want of these, the very branches were laid hold of and gnawed; and many poor creatures were found lying dead, with the half-masticated boughs in their clenched hands.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
Noa extended his hand, and she gave him the half-masticated mass.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman
