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chew
(/tS//u/ )

noun (n)

  • a wad of something chewable as tobacco(noun.food)
    Synonym:
    chaw, cud, plug, quid, wad
    source: wordnet30
  • biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    chewing, manduction, mastication
    source: wordnet30
  • That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Chew your food and don't swallow it!.
    Synonym:
    jaw, manducate, masticate
    source: wordnet30
  • To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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