ALL meanings of chew
chew
C c - verb chew When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. 3
- verb chew If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it. 3
- verb chew If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous. 3
- verb chew If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth. 3
- countable noun chew A chew is a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft. 3
- verb chew to work the jaws and teeth in order to grind (food); masticate 3
- verb chew to bite repeatedly 3
- verb chew to use chewing tobacco 3
- noun chew the act of chewing 3
- noun chew something that is chewed 3
- verb transitive chew to bite and grind or crush with the teeth; masticate 3
- verb transitive chew to rebuke severely; reprimand 3
- intransitive verb chew to chew something 3
- intransitive verb chew to chew tobacco 3
- noun chew something chewed or for chewing; specif., a portion of tobacco for chewing 3
- transitive verb chew eat, masticate 1
- noun chew tobacco 1
- transitive verb chew bite 1
- noun chew A repeated biting or gnawing of something. 1
- verb with object chew to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. 1
- verb with object chew to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often followed by up): The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up. 1
- verb with object chew to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper. 1
- verb with object chew to meditate on; consider deliberately (often followed by over): He chewed the problem over in his mind. 1
- verb without object chew to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth. 1
- verb without object chew Informal. to chew tobacco. 1
- verb without object chew to meditate. 1
- noun chew an act or instance of chewing. 1
- noun chew something chewed or intended for chewing: a chew of tobacco; taffy chews. 1
- idioms chew 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. 1
- noun chew A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing. 0
- noun chew (Informal) NU Chewing tobacco. 0
- noun chew (countable or uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw. 0
- verb chew To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. 0
- verb chew To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth. 0
- verb chew (Informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over. 0