chew

chew

C0282000 (cho͞o)v. chewed, chew·ing, chews v.tr.1. To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate.2. To meditate on; ponder: chew a problem over.v.intr.1. To make a crushing and grinding motion with the teeth.2. To cogitate; meditate: chewed on the difficulties ahead.3. Informal To chew tobacco as a habit.n.1. The act of chewing.2. Something held in the mouth and chewed, especially a plug of tobacco.Phrasal Verb: chew out Slang To reprimand; scold.Idioms: chew the cud Slang To ponder over; meditate.chew the fat/rag Slang To talk together in a friendly, leisurely way; chat at length.

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[Middle English cheuen, from Old English cēowan.]

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chew′a·ble adj.chew′er n.

chew

(tʃuː) vb1. to work the jaws and teeth in order to grind (food); masticate2. to bite repeatedly: she chewed her nails anxiously. 3. (Recreational Drugs) (intr) to use chewing tobacco4. chew the fat chew the rag slang a. to argue over a pointb. to talk idly; gossipn5. the act of chewing6. something that is chewed: a chew of tobacco. [Old English ceowan; related to Old High German kiuwan, Dutch kauwen, Latin gingīva a gum] ˈchewable adj ˈchewer n

chew

(tʃu)
v.t. 1. to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. 2. to tear or mangle, as if by chewing (often fol. by up): The sorting machine chewed up the letters. 3. to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in the rug. 4. to meditate on; consider at length (often fol. by over): to chew a problem over. v.i. 5. to perform the act of masticating. 6. Informal. to chew tobacco, esp. habitually. 7. chew out, Slang. to scold harshly. n. 8. an act or instance of chewing. 9. something chewed or intended for chewing. Idioms: 1. chew the fat or rag, Informal. to converse in a relaxed or aimless manner. 2. chew the scenery, to overact. [before 1000; Old English cēowan, c. Middle Low German keuwen, Old High German kiuwan] chew′er, n.

chew

Past participle: chewed
Gerund: chewing

Imperative
chew
chew

Present
I chew
you chew
he/she/it chews
we chew
you chew
they chew

Preterite
I chewed
you chewed
he/she/it chewed
we chewed
you chewed
they chewed

Present Continuous
I am chewing
you are chewing
he/she/it is chewing
we are chewing
you are chewing
they are chewing

Present Perfect
I have chewed
you have chewed
he/she/it has chewed
we have chewed
you have chewed
they have chewed

Past Continuous
I was chewing
you were chewing
he/she/it was chewing
we were chewing
you were chewing
they were chewing

Past Perfect
I had chewed
you had chewed
he/she/it had chewed
we had chewed
you had chewed
they had chewed

Future
I will chew
you will chew
he/she/it will chew
we will chew
you will chew
they will chew

Future Perfect
I will have chewed
you will have chewed
he/she/it will have chewed
we will have chewed
you will have chewed
they will have chewed

Future Continuous
I will be chewing
you will be chewing
he/she/it will be chewing
we will be chewing
you will be chewing
they will be chewing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chewing
you have been chewing
he/she/it has been chewing
we have been chewing
you have been chewing
they have been chewing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chewing
you will have been chewing
he/she/it will have been chewing
we will have been chewing
you will have been chewing
they will have been chewing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chewing
you had been chewing
he/she/it had been chewing
we had been chewing
you had been chewing
they had been chewing

Conditional
I would chew
you would chew
he/she/it would chew
we would chew
you would chew
they would chew

Past Conditional
I would have chewed
you would have chewed
he/she/it would have chewed
we would have chewed
you would have chewed
they would have chewed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chew - a wad of something chewable as tobaccochaw, cud, plug, quid, wadbite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
	2.	chew - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallowchewing, mastication, manductionchange of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristicschomping - the act of chewing noisilygumming, mumbling - ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)rumination - (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Verb	1.	chew - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"manducate, masticate, jawchomp, champ - chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich"champ - chafe at the bit, like horsesgum, mumble - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"chaw - chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"munch, crunch - chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"grind, grate - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"gnaw - bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"

chew

verb munch, bite, grind, champ, crunch, gnaw, chomp, masticate Be careful to eat slowly and chew your food well.chew something over consider, weigh up, ponder, mull (over), meditate on, reflect upon, muse on, ruminate, deliberate upon You might want to sit back and chew things over for a while.

chew

verbTo bite and grind with the teeth:champ, chomp, chump, crump, crunch, masticate, munch.Regional: chaw.phrasal verb
chew on or over
To think or think about carefully and at length:cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.phrasal verb
chew outSlang. To criticize for a fault or an offense:admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.Informal: bawl out, lambaste.Idioms: bring to task, call on the carpet, haul over the coals, let someone have it.

Translations

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chew

(tʃuː) verb to break (food etc) with the teeth before swallowing. If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest. 嚼 嚼ˈchewing-gum noun a type of sweet made from sweetened and flavoured gum. 口香糖 橡皮糖，口香糖

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