Masticate (verb)
mas-tik-ayt
Chew (food)
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’).
Example sentences
“He said I should try and masticate more slowly.”
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