MASTICATE Antonyms

• a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• a large and hurried swallow

• a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

• utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly

• drink greedily or as if with great thirst

• take in, also metaphorically

• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

• take in liquids

• receive into the mind and retain

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• take up mentally

• a small drink

• drink in sips

• eat noisily

• a small amount of liquid food

• the act of swallowing

• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• engulf and destroy

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• utter unclearly

• take back what one has said

• keep from expressing

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• believe or accept without questioning or challenge