Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of chewing; the process of triturating food with the teeth; manducation.
- noun The process of tearing to pieces or kneading, as india-rubber, by means of the masticator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of
chewing . - noun The process of
crushing as though chewed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
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Examples
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In this class too must be reckoned the teeth, which in some animals have but a single function, namely the mastication of the food, while in others they have an additional office, namely to serve as weapons; as is the case with all animals that have sharp interfitting teeth or that have tusks.
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Nuts should be used as a food staple, a major element in the bill of fare, rather than as a dessert, and special care must be taken as to thorough mastication, which is almost equally true of apples, bananas and numerous other fruits which possess a firm flesh.
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Barley is not liked by everybody; nevertheless, it is an excellent food and its nature is such that even after long cooking it remains so firm as to require thorough mastication, which is the first great step in the digestion of starchy foods.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads
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The so-called mastication work is taking place at two sites: 22 acres east of Interstate 5 along Antlers Drive and 130 acres west of I-5, north of Doney Creek.
redding.com Stories 2009
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The number [ONE ONLY] they get from all this mastication of data is meaningless.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Example of Climate Work That Needs to be Checked and Replicated 2009
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Its content-analyzing mastication glands find little nutritional value.
jeffrey winke | i’ll tell you so « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Instead, what you want is the whole clam belly, well coated and properly fried in clean, hot oil, to produce the total joy that comes from the soft, seaworthy oozing revealed upon mastication.
Robert Rosenthal: One Woman's Disgusting Clam Is Another Man's Pleasure To Eat Robert Rosenthal 2011
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Its content-analyzing mastication glands find little nutritional value.
June « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Instead, what you want is the whole clam belly, well coated and properly fried in clean, hot oil, to produce the total joy that comes from the soft, seaworthy oozing revealed upon mastication.
Robert Rosenthal: One Woman's Disgusting Clam Is Another Man's Pleasure To Eat Robert Rosenthal 2011
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Instead, what you want is the whole clam belly, well coated and properly fried in clean, hot oil, to produce the total joy that comes from the soft, seaworthy oozing revealed upon mastication.
Robert Rosenthal: One Woman's Disgusting Clam Is Another Man's Pleasure To Eat Robert Rosenthal 2011
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