Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chewing

1 sense of chewing

Sense 1
chew, chewing, mastication, manduction -- (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)
       => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chew

1 sense of chew

Sense 1
chew, masticate, manducate, jaw -- (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass")
       => grate, grind -- (make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger")