Masticate \Mas"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Masticating.] [L. masticatus, p. p. of
masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.]
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for
swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
masticate
v 1: grind and knead; "masticate rubber"
2: chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and
don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
[syn: chew, manducate, jaw]
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "masticate":
bite, bruise, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chomp,
chump, crunch, crush, gnash, gnaw, grind, gum, macerate, mash,
mouth, mumble, munch, nibble, pulp, pulpify, ruminate, scrunch,
smash, squash
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
chew, jaw, manducate
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