CHEW

• (noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

  synonyms : chewing , manduction , mastication

• (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco

  synonyms : chaw , cud , plug , quid , wad

• (verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

  "He jawed his bubble gum", "Chew your food and don't swallow it!", "The cows were masticating the grass"

  synonyms : jaw , manducate , masticate
  
  -tagged by Administrator
  cows are masticating the grass

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