VERB | consumption | chew, masticate, manducate, jaw | chew (food) |
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NOUN | food | chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad | a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
act | chew, chewing, mastication, manduction | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
Sounds | chuw' | |
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Rhymes | chou / Chou ... virtue: 6 rhymes with chuw... |
Meaning | A wad of something chewable as tobacco. | |
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Synonyms | chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad | |
Broader | morsel, bit, bite | A small amount of solid food |
Spanish | bolo, mascada, masticable, taco, tapón | |
Verbs | chew | chew (food) |
Meaning | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow. | |
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Synonyms | chewing, mastication, manduction | |
Part of | eating, feeding | The act of consuming food |
Narrower | chomping | The act of chewing noisily |
mumbling, gumming | Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) | |
rumination | (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) | |
Broader | change of state | The act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics / characteristics |
Spanish | masticación | |
Catalan | masticació | |
Adjectives | chewy | (of a consistency) requiring chewing |
chewy | requiring much chewing | |
Verbs | chew | chew (food) |
Meaning | chew (food) ; to bite and grind with the teeth. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Chew your food and don't swallow it!" | |
Synonyms | masticate, manducate, jaw | |
Entailed by | eat | take in solid food |
Narrower | champ | chafe at the bit, like horses |
chaw | chew without swallowing | |
chomp, champ | chew noisily | |
crunch, munch | chew noisily | |
gnaw | bite or chew on with the teeth | |
mumble, gum | grind with the gums | |
Broader | grate, grind | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together |
Spanish | mascar, masticar | |
Catalan | mastegar, masticar | |
Nouns | chew, chewing | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
chew | a wad of something chewable as tobacco | |
chewer | someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco) |
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