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  1. Define 'manducate': {0}. See more meanings of 'manducate' with examples.

  2. www.smartdefine.org › manducateManducate Meaning

    verb. Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. usage: "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it"; "The cows were masticating the grass" synonyms: chew, masticate, jaw

  3. Find 33 different ways to say MANDUCATE, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

  4. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

  5. Originally published as part of the entry for manducate, v. manducate, ... further revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, ...

  6. manducate. verb tr.: To chew or eat. From Latin mandere (to chew). Ultimately from the Indo-European root menth- (to chew), which also gave us masticate, mandible, and manger. Earliest documented use: 1623. "Flem literally manducates, chewing over his surroundings." Michael Wainwright; Darwin and Faulkner's Novels; Palgrave Macmillan; 2008.