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chew

–verb (used with object)

1.	to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.

2.	to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often fol. by up): The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up.

3.	to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper.

4.	to meditate on; consider deliberately (often fol. by over): He chewed the problem over in his mind.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth.

6.	Informal. to chew tobacco.

7.	to meditate.

–noun

8.	an act or instance of chewing.

9.	something chewed or intended for chewing: a chew of tobacco; taffy chews.

—Verb phrase

10.	chew out, Slang. to scold harshly: The sergeant chewed out the recruits.

—Idiom

11.	chew the fat, Informal. to converse at length in a relaxed manner; chat: They liked to sit around chewing the fat. Also, chew the rag.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME chewen, OE céowan; c. OHG kiuwan (G kauen)

]

—Related forms

chewer, noun

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chew Audio Help   (chōō) Pronunciation Key
v.   chewed, chew·ing, chews

v.   tr.

To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate.
To meditate on; ponder: chew a problem over.

v. intr.

To make a crushing and grinding motion with the teeth.
To cogitate; meditate: chewed on the difficulties ahead.
Informal To use chewing tobacco.

The act of chewing.
Something held in the mouth and chewed, especially a plug of tobacco. See Regional Note at chaw.

Phrasal Verb(s):
chew out Slang
To reprimand; scold.

Idiom(s):
chew the cud Slang
To ponder over; meditate.

Idiom(s):
chew the fat/rag Slang
To talk together in a friendly, leisurely way; chat at length.

[Middle English cheuen, from Old English cēowan.]

chew'a·ble adj., chew'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
chew

O.E. ceowan "to bite, chew," from W.Gmc. *keuwjanan, from PIE base *gjeu- "to chew." To chew (someone) out is military slang from World War II. Chewing gum is 1850, Amer.Eng., originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.

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chew
noun
1.	a wad of something chewable as tobacco
2.	biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
verb
1.	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"

American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

chew

In addition to the idioms beginning with chew, also see bite off more than one can chew.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
chew [tʃuː] verb

to break (food etc) with the teeth before swallowing
Example: If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest.

Arabic:	يَمْضُغ
Chinese (Simplified):	嚼
Chinese (Traditional):	嚼
Czech:	žvýkat
Danish:	tygge
Dutch:	kauwen
Estonian:	närima
Finnish:	pureskella
French:	mãcher
German:	kauen
Greek:	μασώ
Hungarian:	(meg)rág
Icelandic:	tyggja
Indonesian:	mengunyah
Italian:	masticare

Japanese:	噛む
Korean:	씹다
Latvian:	košļāt
Lithuanian:	kramtyti
Norwegian:	tygge
Polish:	żuć
Portuguese (Brazil):	mascar
Portuguese (Portugal):	mastigar
Romanian:	a mesteca
Russian:	жевать
Slovak:	žuť
Slovenian:	žvečiti
Swedish:	tugga
Turkish:	çiğnemek

See also: chewing-gum

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Chew

Chaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chawing.] [See Chew.]

1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. --Surrey.

2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. --Dryden.

Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar.

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Chew

Chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed (ch[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.] [As ce['o]wan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw.]

1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.

He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior.

To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.

Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. --Deut. xxiv. 6.

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Chew

Chew\, v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

old politicians chew wisdom past. --Pope.

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