nnoun.actbiting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallowSynset:chew manduction mastication
Derivationally Related Form:masticatechewychew
Part Holonyms:eating feeding
Hypernyms:change of state
Inherited Hypernyms:chewchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:chompinggummingmumblingrumination
Full Hyponyms:chompingmumblingrumination
vverb.consumptionchew (food); to bite and grind with the teethSynset:chew jaw manducate masticate
Examples:- He jawed his bubble gum
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
Derivationally Related Form:masticationchewerjawchewingchew
Hypernyms:grate grind
Inherited Hypernyms:chewgratebreak upbreakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:champchawchompcrunchgnawgummumblemunch
Full Troponyms:champchawchompcrunchgnawmumble
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s