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Chaw

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

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Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chew 76% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Jaw 76% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manducate 76% connected

To masticate; to chew; to eat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Masticate 76% connected

To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Morsel 76% connected

A little bite or bit of food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chew 74% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chew 74% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 5

Chew 92% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cud 92% connected

That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plug 92% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quid 92% connected

A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wad 92% connected

Woad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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