noun
1. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
• Syn: ↑chew, ↑chewing, ↑mastication
• Derivationally related forms: ↑masticate (for: ↑mastication), ↑chew (for: ↑chewing), ↑chewy (for: ↑chew), ↑chew (for: ↑chew)
• Hypernyms: ↑change of state
• Hyponyms: ↑chomping, ↑mumbling, ↑gumming, ↑rumination
2. the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
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the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation
• Syn: ↑Communion, ↑Holy Communion, ↑sacramental manduction
• Hypernyms: ↑ritual
• Hyponyms: ↑intercommunion
• Part Holonyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.