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chewing

chewing \chewing\ n. biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.

Syn: chew, mastication.

Wiktionary
chewing

n. (context drugs English) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant. vb. (present participle of chew English)

WordNet
chewing

n. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew, mastication, manduction]

Wikipedia
Chewing (Input Method)

The Chewing input method is an intelligent Zhuyin input method. It is one of the most popular input methods among Traditional Chinese Unix users.

Chewing was a project established by Lu-Chuan Kung and Jeremy Kang-Pen Chen , sponsored by Tsan-sheng Hsu from Academia Sinica. Their research result (the program) was published under the GPL.

The Chewing core team extended their work and actively maintains the project.

Usage examples of "chewing".

To pass time, she carefully peeled and ate another of the fruits, chewing slowly to get the most of its taste and to draw out the task of eating.

SHe had the feeling that carelessness here would get Jbim more trouble than a chewing out by the captain.

Alex muttered, chewing a hangnail, aware that with every second that passed their window of opportunity was closing.

She picked up her fork and began eating again, chewing appreciatively.

She clasped her hands in her lap, saying nothing, chewing her lower lip.

She wanted to get a stick of real chewing gum, too, to keep her mouth moist when she started translating.

She had heard about the wide-range ultrasensitive gear that was said to pick up breathing in a radius of five klicks, but there should be enough minor noises from the generators and air conditioning units to mask her chewing, and she was terribly hungry.

With one hand on the rim, she scooped a handful of milsa stalks into her mouth, one at a time, chewing conscientiously.

Marmion said, breaking off pieces of another cinnamon bun and chewing to aid her thoughts, "so we've a little time in hand.

Then Beth Isbell approached to hand him a clipboard, which he perused while chewing his sandwich.

They could instantaneously travel from one place to another and, after chewing a phosphine-bearing rock, they could emit a flaming gas.

The dragons, named for the mythical Terran beast they resembled, had two valuable characteristics: They could instantaneously travel from one place to another, and after chewing a phosphine, bearing rock, they could emit a flaming gas.

Nip crammed the rest of the roll into his mouth, rolling his eyes at his own greedy hunger and chewing vigorously.

Robinton strode to the table and grabbed a slice in each hand, chewing vigorously.

The 'dragons' (named for the mythical Terran beast they resembled) had two extremely useful characteristics, they could get from one place to another instantly and, after chewing a phosphine-bearing rock, they could emit a flaming gas.