Masticate
11masticate — To chew; to perform mastication. * * * mas·ti·cate mas tə .kāt vb, cat·ed; cat·ing vt 1) to grind, crush, and chew (food) with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing 2) to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading vi to make …
12masticate — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
13masticate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gnaw, nibble, chew up; see bite 1 , chew , eat 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bite and grind with the teeth: champ, chew, chomp, chump2, crump, crunch, munch. Regional: chaw. See MOUTH …
14masticate — mas|ti|cate [ˈmæstıkeıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of masticare, from Greek mastichan to press the teeth together ] formal to chew food >mastication [ˌmæstıˈkeıʃən] n [U] …
15masticate — mas|ti|cate [ mæstı,keıt ] verb intransitive or transitive TECHNICAL to CHEW (=crush food between your teeth) ╾ mas|ti|ca|tion [ ,mæstı keıʃn ] noun uncount …
16masticate — mas·ti·cate || mæstɪkeɪt v. chew; grind to a pulp with one s teeth …
17masticate — [ mastɪkeɪt] verb chew (food). Derivatives mastication noun masticator noun masticatory adjective Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as mastication): from late L. masticat , masticare chew , from Gk mastikhan gnash the teeth …
18masticate — v. a. Chew, eat, manducate …
19masticate — verb (I, T) technical to chew (=crush food between the teeth) mastication noun (U) …
20masticate — v 1. chew, crunch, craunch, munch, champ, mumble, gnaw, nibble, bite, Dial. chaw, Archaic. manducate; chew well, Fletcherize; ruminate, remasticate, rechew, chew the cud. 2. pulverize, comminute, triturate, levigate, powder, granulate, break down …
