chew
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Types & categories
- bite hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
He jawed his bubble gum
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Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Types & categories
- change of state hypernym
- chomping hyponym
- gumming hyponym
- rumination hyponym
Parts & wholes
- eating part holonym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chew |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chaw |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wad |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chewing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chewer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grind |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chomp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | champ |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chaw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | munch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gnaw |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chew |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chewy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chewy |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eating |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of state |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chomping |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gumming |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rumination |