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chew
[choo]
verb (used with object)
to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.
to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often followed byup ).
The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up.
to make by or as if by chewing.
The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper.
to meditate on; consider deliberately (often followed byover ).
He chewed the problem over in his mind.
verb (used without object)
to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth.
Informal.to chew tobacco.
to meditate.
noun
an act or instance of chewing.
something chewed or intended for chewing.
a chew of tobacco; taffy chews.
verb phrase
Slangto scold harshly.
The sergeant chewed out the recruits.
chew
/ ʃː /
verb
to work the jaws and teeth in order to grind (food); masticate
to bite repeatedly
she chewed her nails anxiously
(intr) to use chewing tobacco
slang
to argue over a point
to talk idly; gossip
noun
the act of chewing
something that is chewed
a chew of tobacco
Other 51Թ Forms
- chewer noun
- unchewed adjective
- well-chewed adjective
- ˈɲ adjective
- ˈɱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chew1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chew1
Idioms and Phrases
chew the fat, to converse at length in a relaxed manner; chat: Also chew the rag.
They liked to sit around chewing the fat.
Example Sentences
It defined a tobacco product as something designed to be "smoked, sniffed, sucked or chewed".
This moment sticks in the mind, the intimacy of a family in which a present for the mother becomes a treat for the child, whose chewed and discarded food is finished by the father.
The 46-year-old knew she was taking on a sizeable task but she's keen to show she hasn't bitten off more than one can chew.
“He opened it up, chewed all of them and then spit a big wad of gum about … the size of a softball.”
"The chimpanzees dab them on their wounds or chew the plants up, and then apply the chewed material to the open injury."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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