chew
41chew — See: BITE OFF MORE THAN ONE CAN CHEW …
42chew on — phr verb Chew on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑meat …
43chew up — phr verb Chew up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dog …
44chew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. masticate, gnaw, grind, champ. See food. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bite, chomp, champ, munch, crunch, masticate, nibble, nibble at, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, dispatch, grind, chew the cud, rend, gnash,… …
45chew — [OE] Chew, and its Germanic relatives German kauen and Dutch kauwen, can be traced back to a prehistoric West Germanic *kewwan. It has relatives in other Indo European languages, including Latin gingīva ‘gum’ (source of English gingivitis). => …
46chew — See: bite off more than one can chew …
47chew — v. a., v. n. 1. Masticate, manducate, munch. 2. Champ, bite, gnaw. 3. Meditate, ruminate, muse on, reflect upon, chew the cud upon …
48chew*/ — [tʃuː] verb [I/T] 1) to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces She chewed her food slowly.[/ex] 2) to bite something continuously but not swallow it We re not allowed to chew gum in class.[/ex] The dog was chewing on an old… …
49chew — in. to eat. □ She’s in the kitchen, chewing. □ Man, I’m hungry. It’s time to chew! …
50chew — [OE] Chew, and its Germanic relatives German kauen and Dutch kauwen, can be traced back to a prehistoric West Germanic *kewwan. It has relatives in other Indo European languages, including Latin gingīva ‘gum’ (source of English gingivitis). Cf.⇒… …
