as in eating
to crush or grind with the teeth
please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke
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Recent Examples of chewing
Their larvae are capable of chewing through cardboard boxes and plastic bags, meaning even unopened packages of food are at risk for infestation.
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Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
It's not settled science, but some initial study shows that the act of chewing food may help people feel full sooner when eating.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
This kind of wear is indicative of chewing hard, mechanically challenging foods such as tubers, seeds, fungi and fruit pits.
—Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Rodents can damage a home by chewing on wires and insulation, and also carry several viruses that pose health risks.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
They have been recorded grabbing toxic millipedes and, rather than avoiding them, chewing and rubbing the secretions into their fur, especially around sensitive areas.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Stephen Frears’s Gothic drama is, to be fair, rather watchable — atmospheric and melancholic, with John Malkovich clearly getting a kick out of chewing any and all available scenery.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Then—for an incredible 23 minutes—the bat’s echolocation squeaks were punctuated by chewing and crunching, even as the animal kept flying.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
The video cuts to her lying in bed chewing the banana.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
It's not settled science, but some initial study shows that the act of chewing food may help people feel full sooner when eating.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
This kind of wear is indicative of chewing hard, mechanically challenging foods such as tubers, seeds, fungi and fruit pits.
—Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Rodents can damage a home by chewing on wires and insulation, and also carry several viruses that pose health risks.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
They have been recorded grabbing toxic millipedes and, rather than avoiding them, chewing and rubbing the secretions into their fur, especially around sensitive areas.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Stephen Frears’s Gothic drama is, to be fair, rather watchable — atmospheric and melancholic, with John Malkovich clearly getting a kick out of chewing any and all available scenery.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Then—for an incredible 23 minutes—the bat’s echolocation squeaks were punctuated by chewing and crunching, even as the animal kept flying.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
The video cuts to her lying in bed chewing the banana.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chewing
Verb
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This could make eating more enjoyable, leading to eating more.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Oct. 2025
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The video showed dozens of videos and pictures sent to her, all featuring people eating McDonald's fries as a show of solidarity.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Even shoppers nibbling on a slice of pizza seemed to be mocking him.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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But now social media is eating media-media’s lunch, nibbling into time that used to be spent watching TV and movies, particularly for younger generations, and refashioning itself less as a network and more as a broadcaster.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Certain sea turtles, for example, independently evolved seagrass-munching adaptations multiple times across different epochs.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Nutrient-rich agricultural runoff and sewage cause huge algal blooms, and when these algae die and sink, bacteria bloom in turn, consuming so much oxygen that few other organisms survive at lower depths.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Other methods use enzymes to isolate cells, but those procedures are time consuming and can threaten useful cell characteristics.—
Perri Thaler,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Chewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chewing. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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