masticate
verb
[ ˈmastɪkeɪt ]
• chew (food).
• "dentition affects how well food is masticated and absorbed"
Similar:
chew,
munch,
champ,
chomp,
crunch,
eat,
ruminate,
chew the cud,
manducate,
triturate,
chumble,
Origin:
mid 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as mastication ): from late Latin masticat- ‘chewed’, from the verb masticare, from Greek mastikhan ‘gnash the teeth’ (related to masasthai ‘to chew’).
