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chew

/ chew /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Type of:
change of state
Kinds of:
chomping mumbling gumming rumination
Has parts:
eating feeding
Derived:
masticate manducate jaw
noun Sense 2
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Type of:
morsel bit bite
Derived:
pack bundle wad compact chaw
verb Sense 3
chew (food)
"He jawed his bubble gum"
"Chew your food and don''t swallow it!"
"The cows were masticating the grass"
Type of:
grate grind
Kinds of:
chomp champ mumble gum chaw
Derived:
jaw chewing mastication manduction chewer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
53%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
30
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

change of state chomping mumbling gumming rumination morsel bit bite grate grind chomp champ