manducate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

manducate
    v 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Manducate \Man"du*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manducated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Manducating}.] [L. manducatus, p. p. of
   manducare to chew. See {Manger}.]
   To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]

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