Masticate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To chew (food).
  • v. To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
  • verb-intransitive. To chew food.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To chew (food).
  • v. To grind or knead something into a pulp.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To grind with the teeth, and prepare for swallowing and digestion; chew: as, to masticate food.
  • To prepare for use by cutting or kneading, as with a masticator.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. grind and knead
  • v. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
    • Verb Form
    masticated    masticates    masticating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    knead   
    Cross Reference
    masticable    masticator    mastic    masticatory    mastication   
    Form
    masticated    masticating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chew   
     
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