elleELLEeye Blog: Say WORD!

<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium ‘Times New Roman’; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 17px; font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, serif; font-size: 11px;"><a style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; float: right; color: #444444; clear: right; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px;" href=”https://globalgrind.com/s the word/?!&nbsp;</strong><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; color: #741b47; font-size: x-large; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">masticate<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></strong></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> MAS-tih-kayt , transitive verb;<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />1. To grind or crush with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing and digestion<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2. To crush or knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />By the definition, it should like the word masticate may be familiar. That”s because it is.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; color: #274e13; padding: 0px;">Masticate</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>is just a fancy word for "chew"? Yes!<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Need an example? Try this:<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; color: #741b47; padding: 0px;">Didn’t your mother ever teach you not to<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; color: #444444; padding: 0px;">masticate</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; color: #741b47; padding: 0px;">with your mouth open?</span></strong><div class="fullpost" style="margin: 0px; display: inline; padding: