mastication (noun)
1mastication — masticate ► VERB ▪ chew (food). DERIVATIVES mastication noun. ORIGIN Latin masticare, from Greek mastikhan grind the teeth …
2mastication — noun a) The process of chewing. It is more blasphemous than that thing which is swiping our meat, I replied, for whatever the thing was, it had leaped upon our deer and was devouring it in great mouthfuls which it swallowed without mastication.… …
3mastication — early 15c., from O.Fr. masticacion and directly from L. masticationem (nom. masticatio), noun of action from masticare to chew (source of O.Fr. maschier, Fr. mácher), probably from a Greek source related to mastikhan to gnash the teeth, from PIE… …
4mastication — noun see masticate …
5mastication — noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow • Syn: ↑chew, ↑chewing, ↑manduction • Derivationally related forms: ↑masticate, ↑chew (for: ↑chewing), ↑ …
6masticate — [ mastɪkeɪt] verb chew (food). Derivatives mastication noun masticator noun masticatory adjective Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as mastication): from late L. masticat , masticare chew , from Gk mastikhan gnash the teeth …
7masticate — verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Late Latin masticatus, past participle of masticare, from Greek mastichan to gnash the teeth; akin to Greek masasthai to chew more at mandible Date: 1562 transitive verb 1. to grind or crush (food) with or as if… …
8masticate — verb (I, T) technical to chew (=crush food between the teeth) mastication noun (U) …
9masticatory — /ˈmæstəkeɪtəri/ (say mastuhkaytuhree) adjective 1. of, relating to, or used in or for mastication. –noun (plural masticatories) 2. a medicinal substance to be chewed, as to promote the secretion of saliva …
10masticate — ► VERB ▪ chew (food). DERIVATIVES mastication noun. ORIGIN Latin masticare, from Greek mastikhan grind the teeth …
