Definitions
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Word origin
From Middle English chewynge, chewand, from Old English *ċēowende, from Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“The goat is chewing on your shirt!”
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Using one's teeth”7 letters
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