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chew - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
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chewing,
mastication,
manduction |
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change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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eating,
feeding the act of consuming food
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chomping the act of chewing noisily
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gumming,
mumbling ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
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rumination regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
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chew - a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
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chaw,
cud,
quid,
plug,
wad |
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bit,
bite,
morsel the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"
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chew - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
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masticate,
manducate,
jaw |
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grate,
grind make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
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champ,
chomp chafe at the bit, like horses
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champ chafe at the bit, like horses
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gum,
mumble exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
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chaw chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"
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crunch,
munch make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
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gnaw bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
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