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chewing

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chewing

 or mastication

Up-and-down and side-to-side movements of the lower jaw, using the teeth to grind food for easier swallowing. During chewing, the tongue shapes food into a lump and saliva lubricates it for swallowing. Chewing softens tough meat or vegetable fibres and exposes them to digestive enzymes.
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He was chewing a straw and he kept on chewing it while he looked solemnly at Anne.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Vronsky bowed, and Alexey Alexandrovitch, chewing his lips, lifted his hand to his hat and went on.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Then there was a Mexican who sold big slabs of brown chewing taffy for five cents each.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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