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chew /tʃuː /verb [with object]1Bite and work (food) in the mouth with the teeth, especially to make it easier to swallow: he was chewing a mouthful of toast [no object]: he chewed for a moment, then swallowed...- Baby teeth are important because children need healthy teeth to chew food and to speak.
- People who chew food with their mouths open should be beaten to death with plates.
- Carefully it placed a piece in its mouth, chewed, swallowed, and bared its teeth at them.
Synonyms masticate, munch, champ, chomp, crunch, bite, nibble, gnaw, grind; eat, consume, devour technical manducate, triturate rare chumble 1.1Gnaw at (something) persistently: he chewed his lip reflectively [no object]: she chewed at a fingernail...- Ryan brought the pen he was holding to his lip to chew the pen lid, mulling the answer to a question on his revision over.
- Her eyes moved about in worry and she began to chew her bottom lip nervously.
- He chews tobacco though, which probably doesn't play so well with soccer moms.
noun1A repeated biting or gnawing of something: the dog was enjoying a quiet chew of his bone...- In fact I can't go half a mile on the car without a chew.
- Through the gap, I turned to see a seal having a gentle chew.
- Robin spat through chews, ‘It's mighty tasty.’
1.1Something that is meant for chewing: a dog chew a chew of tobacco...- She was smacking loudly on a chew of gum as she went to give her son a bear hug and a kiss.
- Besides feasting on goodies such as sausages, dog biscuits and chews, the guests will play games, such as tug the lead, chase the ball and musical dogs.
- He does get the regular assortment of dog treats: greenies, rawhide chews, dog biscuits, etc.
1.2A chewy sweet: a gobstopper or a chew could be bought for a farthing...- Now there are vitamin-laced jelly beans and ginseng-stoked chews.
- Vicky said it tasted of candyfloss, but there was also a sharpness that reminded me of the mouth-lacerating ‘Rhubarb and Custard’ penny chews from when I was little.
- You could walk in to a shop with a pound, hoping to buy thirty penny chews and come out with 70p, but by the time you got to the checkout the price would have gone up.
Phraseschew the cud chew the fat (or rag) Phrasal verbschew someone out chew something over chew something up Derivativeschewable /ˈtʃuːəb(ə)l / adjective ...- Many teachers complained to the civic chief that even children of lower classes were consumers of chewable tobacco that comes in sachets.
- The beef has been sufficiently stewed to soften its collagen, making it delectably chewable.
- But real meat, a thick chewable steak or hunk of baby sheep, has never done it for me.
chewer noun [usually in combination]: a tobacco-chewer...- This also provides a healthy alternative to tobacco chewers.
- Others reckoned that shops should be made to display notices advising Britain's gum chewers of their responsibilities.
- With smokers and tobacco chewers becoming more desperate, the value of tobacco has exploded.
OriginOld English cēowan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kauwen and German kauen. Rhymesaccrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo |