Bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing

• Work saliva into food while breaking it down

Bite and tear or grind something, damaging it

• Chew up

Think about something carefully; mull over

The act or process of chewing; mastication

A chewy sweet or taffy-like candy

Chewing tobacco, or a plug or wad of it

The degree to which something is chewy; chewiness

A state of being chewed up or ground; a mess