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chew

DEFINITIONS OF: chew

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v chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

“Chew your food and don't swallow it!”
Synonyms:
jaw, manducate, masticate
Types:
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champ, chomp
chew noisily
champ
chafe at the bit, like horses
gum, mumble
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
chaw
chew without swallowing
crunch, munch
chew noisily
gnaw
bite or chew on with the teeth
Type of:
grate, grind
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

n biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

Synonyms:
chewing, manduction, mastication
Types:
chomping
the act of chewing noisily
gumming, mumbling
ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
rumination
(of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
Type of:
change of state
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

n a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Synonyms:
chaw, cud, plug, quid, wad
Type of:
bit, bite, morsel
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
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