Chew
Chew verb - To crush or grind with the teeth.
Usage example: please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke
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Gum and chew are semantically related. in grind with teeth topic. In some cases you can use "Gum" instead a verb "Chew".
Gum
Gum verb - Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty.
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| feet | chew feet | gum feet |
Both words in one sentence
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Parodied in Godzilla (1998): when passing a control point, the French take bubble gum and chew emphatically because "It makes [them] look more American."
Source: Oral Fixation - Time to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of gum.
Source: Chew Bubblegum - Andrea Mouse: I'm here to kill lemmings and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of gum.
Source: Chew Bubblegum
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Gum and Chew. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chew/gum
Chew & Gum. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chew/gum>.
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