mastication

English - Turkish

Definition of mastication in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) çiğneme

{i} çiğneme

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masticate

çiğne

masticate

{f} çiğnemek

masticate

(fiil) çiğnemek

English - English

Definition of mastication in English English dictionary

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. The creature appeared to be a great lizard at least ten feet high, with a huge, powerful tail as long as its torso, mighty hind legs and short forelegs.

The process of crushing as though chewed

{n} the act of chewing or eating

{i} chewing, grinding with one's teeth

The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

The act of chewing

Chewing

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masticate

To grind or knead something into a pulp

masticate

{v} to chew, grind, eat

masticate

grind and knead; "masticate rubber

masticate

{f} chew; grind to a pulp with one's teeth

masticate

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

masticate

To chew (food)

masticate

To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food

masticate

grind and knead; "masticate rubber"

masticate

When you masticate food, you chew it. Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit Don't gulp everything down without masticating. + mastication mas·ti·ca·tion Poor digestion can be caused by defective mastication of the food in the mouth. to chew food (past participle of masticare, from mastichan )

Hyphenation

mas·ti·ca·tion