masticate
verb (used with or without object)
to chew.
masticated
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past participleof masticate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof masticate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
masticateverb (used with or without object)to chew.
Example Sentences
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You’ll be able to make your mark again, on a clean canvas just waiting for your expression of masticated public “art.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Under its rules, the measure embodying the program, AB 1400, must be sent by Jan. 31 from the Assembly to the Senate, where it is likely to be masticated into the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Some areas were to be left as they were, some were to be hand-thinned with a focus on retaining rotting tree trunks, and some were to be aggressively masticated and then burned.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
Like all notions that have been marinated and masticated by generations of academic philosophers, this movement has been minced to bits.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2019
He smears the masticated leaf all over Haye’s body, and then packs it with mossy soil.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
