mandūcō — meaning in English

English meaning

• chew verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
• eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
• glutton noun Someone who eats far more than necessary or normal.

Senses

mandūcō is used for these senses in English:

• chew To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
• eat To ingest; to be ingested.
• glutton One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

chew — full definition

1. verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
2. verb Informal: to think something over carefully.
3. noun A soft sweet, or a small toy or treat meant to be chewed.

eat — full definition

1. verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
2. verb To use up or destroy something gradually.
3. verb To bother or trouble someone (informal, "what's eating you?").

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