chew

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: chawcudquidplugwadchewingmasticationmanductionmasticatemanducatejaw

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a wad of something chewable as tobaccoSynonyms: chawcudquidplugwad
  2. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallowSynonyms: chewingmasticationmanduction

Verb (1)

  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”Synonyms: masticatemanducatejaw
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]

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