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”
masticate
(verb) grind and knead; “masticate rubber”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
masticate (third-person singular simple present masticates, present participle masticating, simple past and past participle masticated)
(transitive) To chew (food).
(transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mas"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Masticating.] Etym: [L. masticatus, p. p. of masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.]
Definition: To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, 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.
