masticate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
grind and knead
masticate rubber
Types & categories
- knead hypernym
Sense 2 verb
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
He jawed his bubble gum
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | knead |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chewing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chewer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grind |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chomp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | champ |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chaw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | munch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gnaw |