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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. grind and knead;
- Example: "masticate rubber"

2. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth;
- Example: "He jawed his bubble gum"
- Example: "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"
- Example: "The cows were masticating the grass"
[syn: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

masticate
    v 1: grind and knead; "masticate rubber"
    2: 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" [syn: chew, masticate,
       manducate, jaw]