Chew

[tʃuː] or [tʃʊ]

Definition

(noun.) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.

(noun.) a wad of something chewable as tobacco.

(verb.) 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'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

(v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.

(v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

(n.) That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Masticate, manducate, MUNCH.[2]. Champ, bite, gnaw.[3]. Meditate, ruminate, muse on, reflect upon, chew the cud upon.

v. n. Meditate, ruminate, muse, reflect.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Masticate, munch, eat

ANT:Gorge, bolt_whole

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Definition

v.t. to cut and bruise with the teeth: to masticate: (fig.) to meditate reflect.—n. action of chewing: a quid of tobacco.—ns. Chew′et a kind of pie or pudding made of various ingredients mixed together; Chew′ing-gum a preparation made from a gum called chicle produced by a Mexican tree allied to the india-rubber tree sweetened and flavoured.—Chew the cud to masticate a second time food that has already been swallowed and passed into the first stomach: to ruminate in thought.

Typist: Melba