mas·ti·cate (m s t -k t )v. mas·ti·cat·ed, mas·ti·cat·ing, mas·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To chew (food). 2. To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp. v.intr. To chew food. [Late Latin mastic re, mastict-, to masticate, from Greek mastikhn, to grind the teeth.]mas ti·cation n.mas ti·cator n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  mastication - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallowchange of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics chomping - the act of chewing noisily rumination - (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" |
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