The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.
A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
The opening in a pulley block between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes.
To retract; to recant.
To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.
To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.