fletcherize

== English == === Alternative forms === fletcherise, Fletcherize, Fletcherise === Etymology === From Fletcher +‎ -ize, after Horace Fletcher, who advocated the practice. === Verb === fletcherize (third-person singular simple present fletcherizes, present participle fletcherizing, simple past and past participle fletcherized) (transitive, intransitive) To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing. (figurative, by extension) To consume, to devour, to bite, to chew over. ==== Related terms ==== Fletcherian, Fletcherism, Fletcherite