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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

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1. (noun) mastication
the act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. mastication
The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.

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