masticate
verb (used with or without object)
to chew.
have masticated
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present perfectof masticate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"You see it would have been impossible for the owner of such a jaw as that to have ground a grain of corn between his teeth, or to have masticated even a cabbage."
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
