NOUN | act | chewing, chew, mastication, manduction | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
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Sounds | chuw'ihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow. | |
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Synonyms | chew, 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 | |
Verbs | chew | chew (food) |
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