chew
21Chew — There are three possible sources of this unusual name of medieval English origin, the first being that it is a locational name from either of two places in Somerset, Chew Magna and Chew Stoke which are first recorded as Ciw in 1065 and Chiwe in… …
22chew — 01. Be sure to [chew] your food; don t try swallowing it whole or you ll choke. 02. The puppy [chewed] up my new leather shoes. 03. Rats had [chewed] through the cupboard to get at the food inside. 04. The chainsaw [chewed] into the wood with no… …
23chew — /tʃu / (say chooh) verb (t) 1. to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. 2. to damage or destroy by or as if by chewing. –verb (i) 3. to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth. –noun 4. the act of chewing. 5. that which is… …
24chew up — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …
25chew — [[t]tʃu[/t]] v. t. 1) to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate 2) to tear or mangle, as if by chewing (often fol. by up): The sorting machine chewed up the letters[/ex] 3) to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in the rug[/ex] …
26chew — chewer, n. /chooh/, v.t. 1. to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. 2. to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often fol. by up): The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up. 3. to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a… …
27chew — Synonyms and related words: bawl out, bite, bolus, bullshit, carpet, cavendish, chain smoke, champ, chat, chaw, chew ass, chew out, chew over, chew the cud, chew up, chewing tobacco, chomp, chump, consider, consume, converse, crunch, crush, cud,… …
28chew — v. & n. v.tr. (also absol.) work (food etc.) between the teeth; crush or indent with the teeth. n. 1 an act of chewing. 2 something for chewing, esp. a chewy sweet. Phrases and idioms: chew the cud reflect, ruminate. chew the fat (or rag) sl. 1… …
29chew — 1. noun a) A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing. Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore. b) Chewing tobacco. The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults. See Also: penny… …
30chew on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chew on : present tense I/you/we/they chew on he/she/it chews on present participle chewing on past tense chewed on past participle chewed on informal chew on something to think about something carefully for a …
