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chew

/t͡ʃ(j)u/noun, verb1 syllable

Chew means: a wad of something chewable as tobacco.

Synonyms for chew11

noun, as in a wad of something chewable as tobacco

chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad

noun, as in biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

chewing, mastication, manduction

verb, as in chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

masticate, manducate, jaw

What does chew mean?3

noun

1

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

2

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

verb

1

chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth“He jawed his bubble gum”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with chew?60

two syllables

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All 60 rhymes for chew, grouped by syllable

Chew in a sentence

  • He does not chew food, he just swallows it.Aghanim
  • I didn't know, so don't chew me out.AlanF_US
  • He can't chew well, because he has a toothache now.CM
  • When death approaches, all you can do is slowly chew your fingernails.aisdfnik
  • You must swallow pills, not chew them in your mouth.kuma
  • Chew your food well so it can be digested properly.CK
  • Chew it over for a while and let me know what you think.CK
  • You have to chew the food before you swallow it.dancor

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of chew

as a noun

plural
chews

as a verb

past tense
chewed
present participle
chewing
third-person singular
chews