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Chew

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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Broader term 5

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.

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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…

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Grate 76% connected

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Grind 76% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Morsel 76% connected

A little bite or bit of food.

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Manner of action 8

Champ 76% connected

To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.

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Chaw 76% connected

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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Chomp 76% connected

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

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Crunch 76% connected

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

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Gnaw 76% connected

To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scr…

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Gum 76% connected

The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

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Mumble 76% connected

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicat…

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Munch 76% connected

To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.

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Narrower term 3

Gumming 76% connected

of Gum

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Mumbling 76% connected

of Mumble

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Rumination 76% connected

The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

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Derivationally related 6

Chaw 74% connected

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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Chaw 74% connected

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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Chewer 74% connected

One who chews.

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Chewer 74% connected

One who chews.

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Containing whole 2

Eating 70% connected

of Eat

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Feeding 70% connected

of Feed

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Synonym 10

Chaw 92% connected

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

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.

Chewing 92% connected

of Chew

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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.

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Jaw 92% connected

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

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Manducate 92% connected

To masticate; to chew; to eat.

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Masticate 92% connected

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

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Mastication 92% connected

The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.

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Plug 92% connected

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

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Quid 92% connected

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

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Wad 92% connected

Woad.

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