masticate

verb

1. 咀嚼食物
   to chew food

1. VERB 咀嚼;嚼碎
   When you masticate food, you chew it.
   1. Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit...
      她的嘴在动，好像在嚼什么好吃的。
   2. Don't gulp everything down without masticating.
      不要不加咀嚼就把什么都给一股脑地吞下去。

1. Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit
   她的嘴在动，好像在嚼什么好吃的。
2. Don't gulp everything down without masticating.
   不要不加咀嚼就把什么都给一股脑地吞下去。
3. The mouth is so dry that it is difficulty for the patient to masticate and swallow food.
   口内大乾，以致病人咀嚼和吞下食物，都有困难。
4. Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.
   美国人现在每天要吃掉八千六百万磅的肉。
5. Masticate the Ordeal Life is like the olive in every way, I have to savour its flavour everyday.
   咀嚼痛苦每天的日子就像一枚枚橄榄青果，我不得不品味其中的酸楚与苦涩。
6. The result shows that the casting splint is better than the regular splint in diffusing occlusive force, improving masticate efficiency and promoting tissue rebuilding.
   结果表明金属铸造夹板对分散力、提高咀嚼效率促进组织修复均优于钢丝塑料夹板。

verb

1. chew (food)
   1. He jawed his bubble gum
   2. Chew your food and don't swallow it!
   3. The cows were masticating the grass

   Synonym:    chewmanducatejaw

2. grind and knead
   1. masticate rubber