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
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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