masticate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. grind and knead
- masticate rubber
• Hypernyms:
knead, work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. chew (food);
to bite and grind with the teeth
- He jawed his bubble gum
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
• Syn:
chew, manducate, jaw
• Derivationally related forms:
jaw (for: jaw), mastication, chewer (for: chew), chew (for: chew), chewing (for: chew)
• Hypernyms:
grate, grind
• Hyponyms:
chomp, champ, mumble, gum, chaw,
crunch, munch, gnaw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chew, manducate, jaw