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Chomp

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

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Chew 76% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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Eating 76% connected

of Eat

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Jaw 76% connected

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

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Manducate 76% connected

To masticate; to chew; to eat.

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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.

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Narrower term 5

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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Nibble 76% connected

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

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Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Peck 76% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Champ 74% connected

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

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Champ 74% connected

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

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Synonym 2

Bite 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Champ 92% connected

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

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.

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