mastication
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), chewy (for: chew), chew (for: chew) • Hypernyms: change of state • Hyponyms: chomping, mumbling, gumming, rumination • Part Holonyms: eating, feeding
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