metabolize
verb (used with or without object)
to subject to metabolism; change by metabolism.
was metabolizing
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past progressiveof metabolize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The result might mean that some kind of microbe was metabolizing the food provided by Viking.
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