As a verb masticate
is to chew (food).
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
masticate
English
Verb
(
masticat)
To chew (food).
- The cow stood, quietly masticating its cud.
To grind or knead something into a pulp.
Quotations
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* 1832 — , ch. 4
*: The fat boy rose, opened his eyes, swallowed the huge piece of pie he had been in the act of masticating when he last fell asleep, and slowly obeyed his master’s orders.
* 1892 — , ch. 12
*: 'By tasting it, to be sure,' said I, masticating a morsel that Kory-Kory had just put in my mouth.
* 1896 — , ch. 8
*: He resumed his meal. "I had no idea of it," he said, and masticated .
* 1927-1929'—
*: The vegetables were not to be cooked but merely grated fine, if I could not masticate them.
* 2001 - , The Pickup
*: The friends watch the two make their way between other habitué's masticating , drinking, crouched in a scrum of conversation...''
See also
* mastic
* masticable
* mastication
* masticator
* masticatory
x
Translingual
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Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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