When you chew, you use your teeth to grind up food before you swallow it. It can be pretty unpleasant to watch your brother chew his pizza with his mouth open.
To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
Noun
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Noun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Verb
chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don''t swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
v. t.
To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
v. t.
To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
v. i.
To perform the action of biting and grinding with the
teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.
n.
That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at
once; a cud.
Chew
He chews revenge, abjuring his offense.
Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Chew
old politicians chew wisdom past.
Chew
To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.
That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
Usage Examples
She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.
The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.
You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty.
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Other Usage ExamplesI never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and I'll forget I'm chewing it. Then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so I've asked to throw it away. I've started to wonder if that's why I didn't get certain movies.
Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
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