masticate
- v grind and knead
masticate rubber - v chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- In any case, Britons who took great heart from reports of initial Greek successes, who argued themselves into the belief that Italy had bitten off more cake than it could masticate .
- Since chickens have no teeth, they masticate their food in their gizzards, with the help of pebbles they swallow while feeding.