as in to chew
to crush or grind with the teeth
mindlessly masticated peanuts while watching the baseball game on TV
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Recent Examples of masticate
Plus centrifugal juicers produce watery or less healthy juices than masticating/slow juicers.
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Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
But the Republicans masticated the issue endlessly Monday nonetheless.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Peltz’s decades-long record gave them plenty to masticate.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Centrifugal juicers generally only make juice, but masticating juicers can do a few more things.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
Crews have been preparing for over a year by clearing vegetation away from the bases of giant sequoias, thinning and masticating smaller trees, hauling off large logs and reducing the amount of vegetation around a road that surrounds the burn area, Gerhart said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Your Questions, Answered Is a centrifugal or masticating juicer better?
Both centrifugal and masticating juicers make excellent juice.
—Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
Your Questions, Answered Are masticating or centrifugal juicers better?
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
Within the project footprint, crews thinned big trees to prevent fire from leaping from treetop to treetop, and masticated — or ground up — smaller trees and surface vegetation to keep flames closer to the ground.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
But the Republicans masticated the issue endlessly Monday nonetheless.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Peltz’s decades-long record gave them plenty to masticate.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Centrifugal juicers generally only make juice, but masticating juicers can do a few more things.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
Crews have been preparing for over a year by clearing vegetation away from the bases of giant sequoias, thinning and masticating smaller trees, hauling off large logs and reducing the amount of vegetation around a road that surrounds the burn area, Gerhart said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Your Questions, Answered Is a centrifugal or masticating juicer better?
Both centrifugal and masticating juicers make excellent juice.
—Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
Your Questions, Answered Are masticating or centrifugal juicers better?
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
Within the project footprint, crews thinned big trees to prevent fire from leaping from treetop to treetop, and masticated — or ground up — smaller trees and surface vegetation to keep flames closer to the ground.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masticate
chew
Verb
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Voters in the special election for county supervisor have a lot to chew on.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Not surprisingly, given that these dinosaurs weren't big on chewing their food before swallowing, biomarkers revealed that Judy sought out young plant growth, which wouldn't have been as tough and hard to digest as older vegetation.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
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