manducate (ˈmændjʊˌkeɪt ) vb (tr ) literary to eat or chew
[C17: from Latin mandūcāre to chew]
ˌmanduˈcation n
ˌmanduˈcatory adj
manducate Past participle: manducatedGerund: manducatingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative manducate manducate
Present I manducate you manducate he/she/it manducates we manducate you manducate they manducate
Preterite I manducated you manducated he/she/it manducated we manducated you manducated they manducated
Present Continuous I am manducating you are manducating he/she/it is manducating we are manducating you are manducating they are manducating
Present Perfect I have manducated you have manducated he/she/it has manducated we have manducated you have manducated they have manducated
Past Continuous I was manducating you were manducating he/she/it was manducating we were manducating you were manducating they were manducating
Past Perfect I had manducated you had manducated he/she/it had manducated we had manducated you had manducated they had manducated
Future I will manducate you will manducate he/she/it will manducate we will manducate you will manducate they will manducate
Future Perfect I will have manducated you will have manducated he/she/it will have manducated we will have manducated you will have manducated they will have manducated
Future Continuous I will be manducating you will be manducating he/she/it will be manducating we will be manducating you will be manducating they will be manducating
Present Perfect Continuous I have been manducating you have been manducating he/she/it has been manducating we have been manducating you have been manducating they have been manducating
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been manducating you will have been manducating he/she/it will have been manducating we will have been manducating you will have been manducating they will have been manducating
Past Perfect Continuous I had been manducating you had been manducating he/she/it had been manducating we had been manducating you had been manducating they had been manducating
Conditional I would manducate you would manducate he/she/it would manducate we would manducate you would manducate they would manducate
Past Conditional I would have manducated you would have manducated he/she/it would have manducated we would have manducated you would have manducated they would have manducated
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. manducate - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"chomp ,
champ - chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich"
champ - chafe at the bit, like horses
gum ,
mumble - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
chaw - chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"
munch ,
crunch - chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
grind ,
grate - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
gnaw - bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
manducate - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"