Word of the Day

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

Masticate

[mas-tə-kayt]Part of speech: verb

Origin: middle english, 17th century

• To chew food
• To crush into pulp

Examples of Masticate in a sentence

• His injured jaw left him unable to masticate his meals.
• Rhinos have a unique way of masticating the leaves and branches they eat throughout their lives.

About Masticate

Where did chewing, or masticating, come from? We owe the process by which we eat nearly all foods to mammalian herbivores. In fact, carnivorous animals actually hardly chew at all. Their jaws are designed to rip food free and swallow it whole. This explains the origin of the phrase "wolfing it down."

Did you Know?

They don't sound exactly the same, but masticate shares its roots with another fancy-sounding word relating to the teeth — mandible.

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! I used masticate with a previous word of the day. Here it is again. "D

"Illya just another fifteen more minutes, give or take a few and you'll be able to take care of that growling stomach of yours," Napoleon said.

"Yes I will be happy to masticate some food, so as to ameliorate my hunger."

"Cute tovarisch, really cute."

"I thought it was rather clever".

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Mr. Waverly looked at his agents, "Well, Mr. Solo you have your assignment, any questions?"
"Not at all sir a THRUSH satrap in a dental office...Illya and I will masticate the information and come up with a plan."
Illya rolled his eyes as they walked out of the office.
Mr. Waverly shook his head and chuckled after the door closed behind his two agents "masticate, quite."