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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

chewing
    n 1: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
         enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication,
         manduction]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chew \chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed (ch[udd]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.] [As ce['o]wan, akin to D. kauwen,
   G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw.]
   1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
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   2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
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            He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior.
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   To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to
      ruminate; hence, to meditate.
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            Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
            cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the
            beasts, that ye shall eat.            --Deut. xxiv.
                                                  6.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chewing \chewing\ n.
   biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to
   swallow.

   Syn: chew, mastication.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for chewing:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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