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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate.
- intransitive verb To meditate on; ponder.
- intransitive verb To make a crushing and grinding motion with the teeth.
- intransitive verb To cogitate; meditate.
- intransitive verb Informal To chew tobacco as a habit.
- noun The act of chewing.
- noun Something held in the mouth and chewed, especially a plug of tobacco.
- idiom (chew the cud) To ponder over; meditate.
- idiom (fat/rag) To talk together in a friendly, leisurely way; chat at length.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at one time; especially, a quid of tobacco.
- To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate, as food, preparatory to swallowing and digestion.
- Figuratively, to ruminate on in the thoughts; meditate on.
- Synonyms Bite, Gnaw, etc. See
eat . - To perform the act of biting and grinding with the teeth; champ; ruminate. Specifically
- To press or grind tobacco between the teeth for the sake of its flavor or stimulating effects.
- Figuratively, to meditate; reflect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.
- transitive verb To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
- transitive verb To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
- transitive verb to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.
- noun Law That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
sweet , such as ataffy , that is eaten by chewing. - noun informal, uncountable
Chewing tobacco . - noun countable or uncountable A
plug orwad of chewing tobacco;chaw or a chaw. - verb To
crush with theteeth by repeated closing and opening of thejaws ; done to food tosoften it and break it down by the action ofsaliva before it isswallowed . - verb To
grind ,tear , or otherwise degrade or demolish something withteeth or as with teeth. - verb informal To
think about something; toponder ; tochew over .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- verb chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Sounds like the rod had a week spot, grmlin chew, door slam, window rowed up, stepped on.
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Sounds like the rod had a week spot, grmlin chew, door slam, window rowed up, stepped on.
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Here the farmer chuckled and cut himself a chew from a plug of tobacco.
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Dr Ralph, You might try giving that dog a pigskin chew once a day.
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The worry that consumers may bite off more than they can safely chew is a serious one.
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Here the farmer chuckled and cut himself a chew from a plug of tobacco.
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It’s decadent and has a great flavor profile, not to mention that the stick caramel filling has a nice chew from the coconut and crunch from the pecans.
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It’s decadent and has a great flavor profile, not to mention that the stick caramel filling has a nice chew from the coconut and crunch from the pecans.
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Your favourite thing to chew is whatever half-empty Diet Coke bottle you can find, and you’d love it if we’d let you drink the stuff.
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bilby commented on the word chew
chewing studies.
April 29, 2009
tbtabby commented on the word chew
Means "salt" in Amharic.
July 13, 2009