"prechew" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: prechews [present, singular, third-person], prechewing [participle, present], prechewed [participle, past], prechewed [past]
Etymology: pre- + chew Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|chew}} pre- + chew Head templates: {{en-verb}} prechew (third-person singular simple present prechews, present participle prechewing, simple past and past participle prechewed)
  1. (transitive) To chew (food) in advance. Tags: transitive Translations (Translations): esipureskella (Finnish), prémâcher (French), żuć przed faktem [imperfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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