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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]

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"

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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