chew

He tries to compensate for it by chewing gum all the time.

See, it’s not enough for my avocado toast to have been chewed and dissolved into vaguely-nutritious goop.

I don't think Shal minds that he's chewing on a mini him.

Digestion is breaking food into smaller bits, either mechanically — like by chewing — or chemically, like with the enzymes in my saliva and stomach.