āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
masticate
/mËÉËstÉĒkËeâÉĒt/
to masticate
01
āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻˇāĻž
to chew food by biting and grinding it with the teeth
Transitive: to masticate food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cows peacefully masticated their cud in the meadow.
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻˇā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to crush, grind, or knead something until it becomes a soft, pulpy mass
Transitive: to masticate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He masticated the vegetables into a smooth paste for the soup.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
mastication
masticate
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
