manducate
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manducate
(ˈmændjʊˌkeɪt)vb
(tr) literary to eat or chew
[C17: from Latin mandūcāre to chew]
ˌmanduˈcation n
ˌmanduˈcatory adj
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manducate
Past participle: manducated
Gerund: manducating
| Imperative |
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| manducate |
| manducate |
| Present |
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| I manducate |
| you manducate |
| he/she/it manducates |
| we manducate |
| you manducate |
| they manducate |
| Preterite |
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| I manducated |
| you manducated |
| he/she/it manducated |
| we manducated |
| you manducated |
| they manducated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am manducating |
| you are manducating |
| he/she/it is manducating |
| we are manducating |
| you are manducating |
| they are manducating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have manducated |
| you have manducated |
| he/she/it has manducated |
| we have manducated |
| you have manducated |
| they have manducated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was manducating |
| you were manducating |
| he/she/it was manducating |
| we were manducating |
| you were manducating |
| they were manducating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had manducated |
| you had manducated |
| he/she/it had manducated |
| we had manducated |
| you had manducated |
| they had manducated |
| Future |
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| I will manducate |
| you will manducate |
| he/she/it will manducate |
| we will manducate |
| you will manducate |
| they will manducate |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would manducate |
| you would manducate |
| he/she/it would manducate |
| we would manducate |
| you would manducate |
| they would manducate |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
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Verb 1. [画像:manducate - chew (food)]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"
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"
gnaw - bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
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