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chew
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- pronunciation:
- chu
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
chews, chewing, chewed |
| definition: |
When you chew food, you break it into smaller and smaller pieces with your teeth. When you eat food, you have to chew it before it can go down into your stomach. Sometimes, though, we chew things that are not food because we enjoy the feeling of using our teeth in this way.
Chew food before you swallow it.- similar words:
- bite, grind, nibble
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| related words: |
eat, taste |
| derivations: |
chewable (adj.), chewer (n.) |
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