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verb

chew v. t. (past & past part. chewed; pres. part. chewing)

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. "He chews revenge, abjuring his offense."

To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. "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 v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. "old politicians chew wisdom past."

noun

chewing n. Biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.

Synonyms: chew, mastication.

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Etymology of 'Chewing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chewing" Quotes from Famous Books

... by the Farmer's chair Mews at his knee for dainty fare; Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse In the dewy fields the cattle lie Chewing the cud 'neath a fading sky Dobbin at manger pulls his hay: Gone is another ...

— Peacock Pie, A Book of Rhymes • Walter de la Mare

... the gate of some town or village. Here truth and good faith are utterly unknown, friendship exists not, nor kindly social intercourse; here pleasure is sought in the practice of abominations or in the chewing of noxious and intoxicating drugs; here men make a pomp and a parade of their infamy; and the cavalcade which escorts with jealous eye the wives and concubines of the potentate on a march or journey ...

— Letters of George Borrow - to the British and Foreign Bible Society • George Borrow

... all of Chip, she declared, and would just love to come. She was positive that Bill was the very one they needed, and the Little Doctor, who had conceived a violent dislike for Bill, a smirky, self-satisfied youth addicted to chewing tobacco, red neckties and a perennial grin, was equally positive he was the very one they did not want. In despair she retrenched herself behind the assertion that ...

— Chip, of the Flying U • B. M. Bower

... who had been chewing a straw all this while with great philosophy, replied that if they went away at once they would have time enough, but that if they stood shilly-shallying there, any longer, they must go straight to the Mansion House; and finally ...

— The Old Curiosity Shop • Charles Dickens

... were rushing about, telephones were ringing. Weiss himself, with his coat off, stood in the midst of it all, giving orders, answering the telephone, exchanging a few hurried words with numberless callers. He had a big unlit cigar in his mouth, which he was constantly chewing. He pushed Littleson into his private office, but he did not follow him for some time. When at last he came in, the uproar outside was declining. It was five o'clock, and business was over for the day. Weiss went to a ...

— The Governors • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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