Chew : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chew	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Chew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chew n a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad] biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow Synonym(s): chew, chewing, mastication, manduction v chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" Synonym(s): chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chew \Chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chewed} (ch[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chewing}.] [As ce[a2]wan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. {Chaw}, {Jaw}.] 1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior. {To chew the cud}, to chew the food ocer 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. --Deut. xxiv. 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chew \Chew\, v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. old politicians chew wisdom past. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chew \Chew\, n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Law]