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chew
(cho͞o)v. chewed, chew·ing, chews
v.tr.
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate.
2. To meditate on; ponder: chew a problem over.
v.intr.
1. To make a crushing and grinding motion with the teeth.
2. To cogitate; meditate: chewed on the difficulties ahead.
3. Informal To chew tobacco as a habit.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. The act of chewing.
2. Something held in the mouth and chewed, especially a plug of tobacco.
chew out Slang
Idioms: To reprimand; scold.
chew the cud Slang
To ponder over; meditate.
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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chew
(tʃuː)vb
1. to work the jaws and teeth in order to grind (food); masticate
2. to bite repeatedly: she chewed her nails anxiously.
3. (Recreational Drugs) (intr) to use chewing tobacco
4. chew the fat chew the rag slang
a. to argue over a point
b. to talk idly; gossip
n
5. the act of chewing
6. something that is chewed: a chew of tobacco.
[Old English ceowan; related to Old High German kiuwan, Dutch kauwen, Latin gingīva a gum]
ˈchewable adj
ˈchewer n
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chew
(tʃu)v.t.
1. to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.
2. to tear or mangle, as if by chewing (often fol. by up): The sorting machine chewed up the letters.
3. to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in the rug.
4. to meditate on; consider at length (often fol. by over): to chew a problem over.
v.i. 5. to perform the act of masticating.
6. Informal. to chew tobacco, esp. habitually.
7. chew out, Slang. to scold harshly.
n. 8. an act or instance of chewing.
9. something chewed or intended for chewing.
Idioms: 1. chew the fat or rag, Informal. to converse in a relaxed or aimless manner.
2. chew the scenery, to overact.
[before 1000; Old English cēowan, c. Middle Low German keuwen, Old High German kiuwan]
chew′er, n.
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chew
Past participle: chewed
Gerund: chewing
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| Noun | 1. |  chew - a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
| 2. |  chew - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallowchange of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics chomping - the act of chewing noisily rumination - (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" | |
| Verb | 1. |  chew - 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"champ - chafe at the bit, like horses gum, mumble - grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" chaw - chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco" gnaw - bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker" |
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chew
verb munch, bite, grind, champ, crunch, gnaw, chomp, masticate Be careful to eat slowly and chew your food well.
chew something over consider, weigh up, ponder, mull (over), meditate on, reflect upon, muse on, ruminate, deliberate upon You might want to sit back and chew things over for a while.
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chew
verbphrasal verb
chew on or over
To think or think about carefully and at length:
cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.
Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.
chew out
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Translations
يَمْضُغيَـمْضُغُ
žvýkat
tygge
pureskellajauhaa
ללעוס
žvakati
megrág
tyggja
噛む
씹다
kramtomoji guma
košļāt
žvečiti
tugga
เคี้ยว
nhai
chew
[tʃuː]A. N
1. (= action) to give sth a chew → masticar algo
2. (Brit) (= sweet) → caramelo m masticable; (= dog treat) → golosina f para perros
B. VT [+ food etc] → mascar, masticar
the goats had chewed off all the flower heads → las cabras se habían comido todas las flores
to chew sb's ass (US) → poner verde a algn
to chew the fat or rag → estar de palique, dar a la lengua, charlar
the goats had chewed off all the flower heads → las cabras se habían comido todas las flores
to chew sb's ass (US) → poner verde a algn
to chew the fat or rag → estar de palique, dar a la lengua, charlar
C. VI to chew on [+ problem] → rumiar, dar vueltas a
chew out VT + ADV (US) = chew up 1
chew over VT + ADV (= consider) → rumiar, considerar; (= reflect on) → dar vueltas a
chew up VT + ADV
1. [+ food] → masticar bien
2. (= damage) → estropear
this cassette player is chewing up all my tapes → este casete está estropeando todas mis cintas
this cassette player is chewing up all my tapes → este casete está estropeando todas mis cintas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
chew
[ˈtʃuː] vtCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chew
vt → kauen; this meat requires a lot of chewing → an or bei diesem Fleisch muss man viel (herum)kauen; that dog’s been chewing the carpet again → der Hund hat schon wieder am Teppich genagt; don’t chew your fingernails → kaue nicht an deinen Nägeln; she always chews her nails when she’s nervous → immer, wenn sie nervös ist, kaut sie an den Nägeln; to chew the fat (inf) → tratschen (inf) ? cud
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chew
[tʃuː] vt → masticareto chew the cud → ruminare
chew over vt + adv → rimuginare su
chew up vt + adv → mangiucchiare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chew
(tʃuː) verb to break (food etc) with the teeth before swallowing. If you chew your food properly it is easier to digest.
ˈchewing-gum noun a type of sweet made from sweetened and flavoured gum.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
chew
→ يَـمْضُغُ žvýkat tygge kauen μασώ masticar pureskella mâcher žvakati masticare 噛む 씹다 kauwen tygge przeżuć mastigar жевать tugga เคี้ยว çiğnemek nhai 嚼Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
chew
, chawvt. masticar, mascar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
chew
n (fam, chewing tobacco) tabaco de mascar; vt, vi masticar; to — one’s nails comerse or morderse las uñasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.