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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bite, bruise, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chomp, chump, crunch, crush, gnash, gnaw, grind, gum, macerate, mash, mouth, mumble, munch, nibble, pulp, pulpify, ruminate, scrunch, smash, squash
Dictionary Results for masticate:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
masticate
    v 1: grind and knead; "masticate rubber"
    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, masticate,
       manducate, jaw]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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