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chew [ chew ]
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1. Bite and work (food) in the mouth with the teeth, especially to make it easier to swallow.
he was chewing a mouthful of toast
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2. Gnaw at (something) persistently.
she chewed at a fingernail
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1. A repeated biting or gnawing of something.
‘Sleight of hand,’ he explained between chews.
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2. Something that is meant for chewing.
a chew of tobacco
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3. A chewy sweet.
Now there are vitamin-laced jelly beans and ginseng-stoked chews.
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Chew over
1. (chew something over, chew over something) Discuss or consider something at length.
But now he had a tricky decision to make and no one to chew it over with.
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Chew out
1. (chew someone out, chew out someone) Reprimand someone severely.
he chewed me out for being late
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Chew up
1. (chew something up, chew up something) Break up or damage something as if by chewing.
the jungle is chewed up by loggers
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Origin
1. Old English cēowan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kauwen and German kauen.
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