noun
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
• Syn: ↑chew, ↑chewing, ↑manduction
• Derivationally related forms: ↑masticate, ↑chew (for: ↑chewing), ↑chewy (for: ↑chew), ↑chew (for: ↑chew)
• Hypernyms: ↑change of state
• Hyponyms: ↑chomping, ↑mumbling, ↑gumming, ↑rumination
Useful english dictionary. 2012.