MASTICATE


Meaning of MASTICATE in English

(~s, masticating, ~d)

When you ~ 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

mastication

Poor digestion can be caused by defective mastication of the food in the mouth.

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