About The Word Chew

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Chew

Chew Meaning & Definition
Chew Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chew?

[n] biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
[n] a wad of something chewable as tobacco
[v] chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chew: chaw | chewing | cud | jaw | manducate | manduction | masticate | mastication | plug | quid | wad

Related Terms | Find terms related to Chew: bawl out | bite | bolus | bullshit | carpet | cavendish | chain-smoke | champ | chat | chaw | chew ass | chew out | chew over | chew the cud | chew up | chewing tobacco | chomp | chump | consider | consume | converse | crunch | crush | cud | cuss out | cut plug | devour | drag | draw | eat | eating tobacco | fid | give a going-over | give hail Columbia | give hell | give the deuce | give what-for | gnash | gnaw | gob | gossip | grind | gum | inhale | inhale snuff | jack up | jaw | lambaste | macerate | mash | masticate | morsel | mouth | mouthful | mumble | munch | navy | navy plug | nibble | nip | palaver | pigtail | ponder | puff | pull | pulp | pulpify | quid | ream | ream ass | ream out | rebuke | reprimand | review | revile | ruminate | scold | scrunch | sit on | smash | smoke | snap | squash | swallow | take snuff | talk | tell off | tobacco juice | tongue-lash | twist | vituperate | wig

See Also | bit | bite | champ | change of state | chaw | chomp | chomping | crunch | eating | feeding | gnaw | grate | grind | gum | gumming | morsel | mumble | mumbling | munch | rumination

Chew In Webster's Dictionary

\Chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chewed} (ch[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chewing}.] [As ce['o]wan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. {Chaw}, {Jaw}.] 1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior. {To chew the cud}, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. --Deut. xxiv. 6.
\Chew\, v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. old politicians chew wisdom past. --Pope.
\Chew\, n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Law]

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