Synonyms: chew, chewing, manduction, mastication
Definition: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Similar words: change of state
Definition: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
Synonyms: plug, quid, wad, chaw, chew, cud
Definition: a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Similar words: morsel, bit, bite
Definition: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
Usage: all they had left was a bit of bread
Synonyms: chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
Definition: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
Usage: He jawed his bubble gum; Chew your food and don't swallow it!; The cows were masticating the grass
Definition: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
Usage: grate one's teeth in anger