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Verb: masticate  'ma-stu`keyt
  1. Grind and knead
    "masticate rubber"
     
  2. Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
    "The cows were masticating the grass"
    - chew, manducate, jaw

Derived forms: masticated, masticating, masticates

See also: mastication

Type of: grate, grind, knead, work

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