fletcherize (English, verb)
expansion: fletcherize (third-person singular simple present fletcherizes, present participle fletcherizing, simple past and past participle fletcherized)
Senses:
glosses: To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing.
tags: intransitive
transitive
glosses: To consume, to devour, to bite, to chew over.
tags: broadly
figuratively
Forms:
form: fletcherizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fletcherizing
tags: participle
present
form: fletcherized
tags: participle
past
form: fletcherized
tags: past
form: fletcherise
tags: alternative
form: Fletcherize
tags: alternative
form: Fletcherise
tags: alternative