Chew
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English
Noun
Chew (plural Chews)- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- (countable or uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
Verb
Chew (third-person singular simple present Chews, present participle Chewing, simple past and past participle Chewed)
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
- (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
Adverbs for Chew
viciously; contentedly; placidly; hungrily; vigorously; continuously; tranquilly; normally; restrainedly; noisily; crushingly.
Thesaurus
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
Pronunciation
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Synonyms
- (crush food with teeth prior to swallowing): bite, chomp, crunch, masticate
- (degrade or demolish as if with teeth): grind, pulverize, rip, shred, tear
- (think about): contemplate, ruminate, mull, muse, ponder
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
