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- verb Present participle of
masticate .
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Examples
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He has also become adept at taking apart his top-of-the-line juicer, a so-called masticating model which squeezes rather than spins the vegetables.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Loud-Ass Co-worker: "Can I use 'masticating' in a sentence?"
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2006
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The Edwardian craze of Fletcherism had everyone, including Kafka, endlessly masticating 700 chews for a shallot.
Our preoccupation with dieting has become a national neurosis | Louise Foxcroft 2012
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I'm almost finished Don's book and I can tell you that I am savoring and masticating every word, sentence, paragraph and page side bar: masticating always sounds like such a dirty word -- but I digress.
Malcolm Harris: CNN's Don Lemon: A Lesson in Style, Grace, and Transparency Malcolm Harris 2011
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Thought his masticating organ was going to swallow up the whole frame!
365 tomorrows » 2009 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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He ate the fish raw, masticating with painstaking care, for the eating was an act of pure reason.
LOVE OF LIFE 2010
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How to make juiceHi-tech Some masticating juicers can take whole fruit and cost about £100.
Gardens: Apple glut Naomi Slade 2010
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I'm almost finished Don's book and I can tell you that I am savoring and masticating every word, sentence, paragraph and page side bar: masticating always sounds like such a dirty word -- but I digress.
Malcolm Harris: CNN's Don Lemon: A Lesson in Style, Grace, and Transparency Malcolm Harris 2011
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There was something about the scene that, if not entirely magical and transporting, sure beat the alternative: dreading your 9 a.m. math test or listening to your brothers, seated around the same kitchen table, in matching morose states, masticating their Frosted Flakes or Raisin Bran.
New York's Milky Way Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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He ate the fish raw, masticating with painstaking care, for the eating was an act of pure reason.
LOVE OF LIFE 2010
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