- 1[intransitive, transitive] to bite food into small pieces in your mouth with your teeth to make it easier to swallow chew (at/on/through something) After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow. chew something (up) teeth designed for chewing meat He is always chewing gum.
- 2[intransitive, transitive] to bite something continuously, for example because you are nervous or to taste it chew on something Rosa chewed on her lip and stared at the floor. The dog was chewing on a bone. chew something to chew your nails Idioms
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NAmE//tʃu//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they chew he / she / it chews
past simple chewed
-ing form chewing
to try to do too much, or something that is too difficult
to have a long friendly talk with someone about something Randall stayed chewing the fat for a while. They met up once a year to chew the fat about the old days. Phrasal Verbschew outchew over
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