'Chew' definitions:

Definition of 'chew'

(from WordNet)
noun
A wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad]
noun
Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction]
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" [syn: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw]

Definition of 'Chew'

From: GCIDE
  • Chew \Chew\, v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. [1913 Webster]
  • old politicians chew wisdom past. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chew'

From: GCIDE
  • Chew \Chew\, n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Law] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'chew'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. [1913 Webster]
  • He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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