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单词 chews over
释义

chew over

verb

chewed over; chewing over; chews over

transitive verb

: to meditate on : think about reflectively

Synonyms

  • cogitate
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • debate
  • deliberate
  • entertain
  • eye
  • kick around
  • meditate
  • mull (over)
  • perpend
  • ponder
  • pore (over)
  • question
  • revolve
  • ruminate
  • study
  • think (about or over)
  • turn
  • weigh
  • wrestle (with)
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Example Sentences

yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

chews over

verb

present tense third-person singular of chew over
as in debates
to give serious and careful thought to yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • debates
  • ponders
  • contemplates
  • entertains
  • chews on
  • studies
  • considers
  • eyes
  • questions
  • looks at
  • perpends
  • weighs
  • explores
  • kicks around
  • analyzes
  • reviews
  • cogitates
  • ruminates
  • meditates
  • mulls (over)
  • deliberates
  • wrestles (with)
  • revolves
  • cudgels one's brains (about)
  • beats one's brains out (about)
  • pores (over)
  • thinks (about or over)
  • turns
  • digests
  • reminisces
  • reasons
  • reflects (on or upon)
  • believes
  • muses (upon)
  • concludes
  • absorbs
  • broods (about or over)
  • dwells (on or upon)
  • obsesses (about or over)
  • conceives
  • opines
  • frets (about or over)
  • fixates (on or upon)
  • assimilates
  • drinks (in)
  • speculates (about)
  • second-guesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ignores
  • disregards
  • overlooks
  • rejects
  • dismisses
  • slights
  • poohs
  • pooh-poohs
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