manducate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Man"du*cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See Manger.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Manducated ; present participle & verbal noun Manducating
Definitions
  1. To masticate; to chew; to eat. R. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913