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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 by up ):
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 by over ):
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
- Slang. to scold harshly:
The sergeant chewed out the recruits.
chew
/ ³Ùʃ³ÜË /
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
- chew the fat or chew the rag slang.
- to argue over a point
- to talk idly; gossip
noun
- the act of chewing
- something that is chewed
a chew of tobacco
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦³ó±ð·É²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ˈ³¦³ó±ð·É±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦³ó±ð·Éİù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦³ó±ð·É±ð»å adjective
- ·É±ð±ô±ô-³¦³ó±ð·É±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chew1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chew1
Idioms and Phrases
- chew the fat, Informal. to converse at length in a relaxed manner; chat: Also chew the rag.
They liked to sit around chewing the fat.
More idioms and phrases containing chew
- bite off more than one can chew
Example Sentences
Most of the time, she’s left to idly chew the scenery falling to bits around her.
The 00 flour absorbs the butter and buttermilk just right, giving the biscuit delicate, flaky layers without the chew that can sometimes weigh them down.
Taste-wise, it is to summer produce what caramel is to sugar, where time and heat condense its essence into a tart, molasses-like chew.
The Independent's three-star review says the show "sticks to the original movie like chewing gum to the underside of a school desk" at first, but changes tack by the second half.
There’s coca-infused tea, candy and beer, while leaves for chewing can be bought in markets or stalls anywhere in the country.
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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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