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What does masticate mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To chew (food).
  2. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.
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And up on a branch, it sat, eyeing me cheekily, and continued to masticate the fruits of my labours.
The buccal mass of cephalopods includes a pair of jaws termed beaks that are used to masticate prey.
Out of the corner of my eye, I had seen her unwrap the gum, pop the wad in her mouth and masticate it experimentally.
Lack of appetite, difficulty to masticate and fatigue can make them eat less, in a lesser variety of food!
Up on a branch it sat, eyeing me cheekily, and continued to masticate the fruits of my labors.
The filtering setae are prominent in malacostracans that ingest fine materials or masticate their food thoroughly with the mouthparts.

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