Akademik

chewing

noun

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

• Syn: ↑chew, ↑mastication, ↑manduction

• Derivationally related forms: ↑masticate (for: ↑mastication), ↑chew, ↑chewy (for: ↑chew), ↑chew (for: ↑chew)

• Hypernyms: ↑change of state

• Hyponyms: ↑chomping, ↑mumbling, ↑gumming, ↑rumination

• Part Holonyms: ↑eating, ↑feeding

Useful english dictionary. 2012.