Definition of Masticating

1. Verb. (present participle of masticate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masticating

1. masticate [v] - See also: masticate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masticating

mastery motive
mastful
masthead
mastheaded
mastheading
mastheads
masthouse
masthouses
mastic
masticable
masticate
masticated
masticater
masticaters
masticates
masticating (current term)
masticating cycles
masticating surface
mastication
mastications
masticator
masticator nerve
masticatories
masticators
masticatory
masticatory apparatus
masticatory diplegia
masticatory force
masticatory muscles
masticatory nucleus

Literary usage of Masticating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"... the patient looks forward to enjoying a moderate degree of masticating power. ART. ... masticating ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana, ( (1880)
"Other remains of .sharks are the teeth or hones of the mouth. The masticating apparatus in some of the ancient sharks, as in the ?ЕИ'-ш\ч-. — Fin 502. ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"The masticating apparatus in some of the ancient sharks, as in the Fie?. 502-512. SELACHIANS. — Fig. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and gives a general smooth appearance to the organ when unworn ; but as the wear consequent upon the masticating process proceeds, the alternate layers ..."

5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"To work at or with anything quickly and constantly, as when kneading, churning, masticating, &c., ..."

6. Tree Planting on Streets and Highways by William Freeman Fox (1903)
"The insects which kill or injure shade trees may be divided into three general classes: (i) the leaf-devouring or masticating species; ..."

7. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1921)
"For length I took the distance from the mesial extremity of the incisive margin of the central incisor to the centre of the distal margin of the masticating ..."

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