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masticating

masticating is the present participle and gerund of masticate.

Meaning of masticate

Verb

masticate (third-person singular simple present masticates, present participle masticating, simple past and past participle masticated)

  1. (transitive) To chew (usually food).
    • The cow stood, quietly masticating its cud.
  2. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.

Questions about masticating

What is masticating the present participle and gerund of?
Masticating is the present participle and gerund of masticate.

Words near masticating in the dictionary

  1. masticate
  2. masticated
  3. masticater
  4. masticaters
  5. masticates
  6. masticating
  7. mastication
  8. mastications
  9. masticator
  10. masticatoric
  11. masticatories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masticating (page history and authors); masticate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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