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verb. Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. usage: "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it"; "The cows were masticating the grass" synonyms: chew, masticate, jaw
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chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
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manducate. verb tr.: To chew or eat. From Latin mandere (to chew). Ultimately from the Indo-European root menth- (to chew), which also gave us masticate, mandible, and manger. Earliest documented use: 1623. "Flem literally manducates, chewing over his surroundings." Michael Wainwright; Darwin and Faulkner's Novels; Palgrave Macmillan; 2008.