Chewing

Synonyms for "chewing" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Noun(12 words)

mastication bite champing chewchew actionchewing noisechews chomping chomps consider consideration crunching

appetite ass-reaming bawling-out cannibalism carnivorism carnivority carnivorousness chain-smoke consumption cropping

Strong matches (33)

cud-chewing cussing-out deglutition devouring devourment dieting dining drag dressing dressing-down eating epulation feasting feeding gluttony gobbling going-over grazinghabitual smokingherbivorism

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herbivority herbivorousness hunger ingestion jacking-up licking manducation manducatory

Noun(5 words)

deliberate deliberation gnaw gnawing grind

Related words (55)

Noun(8 words)

manduction masticate masticatorymasticatory soundmunch ponder pondering reflect

Verb(1 words)

masticating

mastication masticatory messing munching nibblingnicotine addictionnicotinic nicotinism nutrition omnivorism omnivorousness omophagy pantophagy pasture pasturing pecking puff raking-down reaming reaming-out

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

actionchange of statecognitioncognitive processdescriptive adjectiveingestion mastication noise sound thinking thought

More specific

14 entries

biting contemplationcrunching sounddeliberating gnawingjaw clackjaw movementmasticatory functionmasticatory movementmasticatory musclemunching pondering reflecting rumination

Collocations

11 entries

chewing cyclechewing gumchewing motionchewing ratechewing surfacechewing tobaccojaw movementmastication efficiencymastication processmasticatory functionmasticatory muscle

Inflections

2 entries

chewed chews

Derivations

5 entries

chew chewer chewily chewiness chewy

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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

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

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I have difficulty chewing.

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

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