chew

Meanings

• a wad of something chewable as tobacco
• biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
  • "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"

Synonyms

chaw, chewing, cud, jaw, manducate, manduction, masticate, mastication, plug, quid, wad