chewing

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

bad, favorite, hard, hot, kind, still

VERB + CHEWING

bit, got, hear, spend, trip, wrestle

CHEWING + NOUN

coca, cud, gum, something, toothpick

PREP.

on, without

Definitions

noun

The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.

And while the dog and the cat buses suffered considerable damage from the trapped animals' excretions, clawings, and chewings, the bus with the skunk was declared unsalvageable.

The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.

The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft en

chew
mastication
manduction

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

And while the dog and the cat buses suffered considerable damage from the trapped animals' excretions, clawings, and chewings, the bus with the skunk was declared unsalvageable.

Wiktionary

The rooms in this hotel are really very bad at muffling sounds. I can hear my neighbor chewing his gum!

Tatoeba · #2132

The nervous girl is in the habit of chewing the end of her pencil.

Tatoeba · #46056

I have difficulty chewing.

Tatoeba · #268650

While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.

Tatoeba · #327452

"Did you see my cat?" "No." "Liar, you're still chewing!"

Tatoeba · #443544

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