manducate

2 definitions found

manducate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Manducate \Man"du*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Manducating.] [L. manducatus, p. p. of
     manducare to chew. See Manger.]
     To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

manducate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  manducate
      v 1: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed
           his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!";
           "The cows were masticating the grass" [syn: chew,
           masticate, manducate, jaw]