- present participle of masticate.
masticating
Example Sentences
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“We’ve been basically clearing the forest of trees that are 8 inches and under, pruning trees up 8 to 10 feet for ladder purposes, and then chipping, masticating or exposing the material that we cut.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
The open question is what we are once technology is done masticating all those memories and stories.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022
But that’s nothing compared to the time spent masticating by our cousins: Chimps chew for 4.5 hours a day, and orangutans clock 6.6 hours.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Below, the best centrifugal juicers, masticating and cold-press juicers, and citrus presses determined by the hard-nosed reviewers on Amazon.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2018
The horse, which had been contentedly ripping up and masticating a clump of thick grass, stopped then.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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