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