| 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' | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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