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Noun
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
Verb
- censure severely or angrily
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze