| Main Entry: | munch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chew, eat |
Synonyms: |
bite, break up, champ, chomp, crunch, crush, grind, mash, masticate, press, reduce, ruminate, scrunch, smash, soften |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
Synonyms: |
bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | crunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind, chew |
Synonyms: |
beat, bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crush, gnaw, masticate, munch, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume food |
Synonyms: |
absorb, attack, banquet, bite, bolt*, break bread, breakfast, chew, chow down, cram, devour, digest, dine, dispatch, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, feed, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, graze*, have a bite, have a meal, have for, ingest, inhale*, lunch, make pig of oneself, masticate, munch, nibble, nosh, partake of, peck at, pick, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, swallow, take food, take in, take nourishment, wolf |
| Main Entry: | feed on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
Synonyms: |
devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite, ingest, live on, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck, pig out, prey on, scarf, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment |
| Main Entry: | gnaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite, chew |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chomp, consume, corrode, crunch, devour, eat, eat away, erode, gum, masticate, munch, nibble, wear |
| Main Entry: | graze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feed on |
Synonyms: |
bite, browse, champ, crop, crunch, eat, forage, gnaw, masticate, munch, nibble, pasture, ruminate, uproot |
Antonyms: |
abstain |
| Main Entry: | nibble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite, pick at |
Synonyms: |
crop, eat, eat like a bird, gnaw, munch, nip, nosh on, peck, snack |
Antonyms: |
gorge |
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite; take small part |
Synonyms: |
catch, clip, compress, grip, munch, nab at, nibble, pinch, sink teeth into, snag, snap*, snip, squeeze*, take a chunk out of, tweak, twinge, twitch |
Antonyms: |
gorge |