chewing
口香糖;泡泡糖
chew v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.]
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior.
To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.
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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chewing
n : biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
enough to swallow [syn: chew, mastication, manduction]