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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

Chew n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. (Law)

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Etymology of 'Chew'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chew" Quotes from Famous Books

... interest, then their pencils flew, as Dundee read the two documents, after he had told when and where he had discovered them. As District Attorney Sanderson had said; "Better give the press something new to chew on, but for God's sake don't mention that checkbook of Nita's. ...

— Murder at Bridge • Anne Austin

... still as ages roll, Have chew'd this bitter fare from year to year, No mortal, from the cradle to the bier, Digests the ancient leaven! Know, this Whole Doth for the Deity alone subsist! He in eternal brightness doth exist, Us unto ...

— Faust Part 1 • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

... the carpet in a distant corner of the room, then walked across and picked up a spline broken from a bass broom; brought it back to the hearth-rug; examined it with minute attention; then put one end between his teeth and began to chew it. ...

— The Rosary • Florence L. Barclay

... the wounded men, got any. I did not get a sip, although mother dipped a bit of cloth into the several spoonfuls she got for the baby and wiped my mouth out. She did not even do that for herself, for she left me the bit of damp rag to chew. ...

— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London

... wild fig-tree, which they called Ruminalis, either from Romulus (as it is vulgarly thought), or from ruminating, because cattle did usually in the heat of the day seek cover under it, and there chew the cud; or, better, from the suckling of these children there, for the ancients called the dug or teat of any creature ruma, and there is a tutelar goddess of the rearing of children whom they still ...

— Plutarch's Lives • A.H. Clough

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