prechew
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prechew (third-person singular simple present prechews, present participle prechewing, simple past and past participle prechewed)
- (transitive) To chew (food) in advance.
- 2007 April 16, Susan Stewart, “Kiss and Howl: This Man Is a Wolf’s Best Friend”, in New York Times[1]:
- In “A Man Among Wolves,” a bizarre and riveting nature documentary that will be shown tonight on the National Geographic Channel, a British former gamekeeper named Shaun Ellis feeds wolf cubs prechewed food from his own mouth.