transcription, транскрипция: [ mæstɪkeɪt ]
( masticates, masticating, masticated)
When you masticate food, you chew it. ( FORMAL )
Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit...
Don’t gulp everything down without masticating.
VERB : V n , V
• mas‧ti‧ca‧tion
Poor digestion can be caused by defective mastication of the food in the mouth.
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