MANDUCATE

chew, masticate, manducate, jaw

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

manducate (third-person singular simple present manducates, present participle manducating, simple past and past participle manducated)

(literary) To chew; to masticate.

(literary) To eat.

Source: Wiktionary


Man"du*cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated; p. pr. & vb. n. Manducating.] Etym: [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See Manger.]

Definition: To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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