chew
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(noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
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Synonyms: chewing, mastication |
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Related Words: change of state, chomping, gumming, mumbling |
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| 2. |
(verb) chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum" |
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Synonyms: jaw, manducate, masticate |
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Related Words: champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, gnaw, grate, grind, gum, mumble, munch |
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(noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
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Synonyms: chaw, cud, plug, quid, wad |
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Related Words: bit, bite, morsel |
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