Found 2 items, similar to Masticating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: masticate
masticate
v 1: grind and knead;
“masticate rubber”
2: chew (food);
“He jawed his bubble gum”;
“Chew your food and
don't swallow it!”;
“The cows were masticating the grass”
[syn:
chew,
manducate,
jaw]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Masticating
Masticate
\Mas"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Masticated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Masticating.] [L. masticatus, p. p. of
masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See
Mastic.]
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for
swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
[1913 Webster]