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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• A river in Somerset, England.
Labels: countable, uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /tʃuː/
Pronunciation (ENPR): cho͞o

Definition 1:
• The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
Example: I popped the gum into my mouth and gave it a chew.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Level of chewiness.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
Example: Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• Chewing tobacco.
Example: The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.
Labels: informal, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
Example: The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.
Example: The first time he chewed tobacco, he swallowed his chew and got extremely sick.
Labels: countable

Definition 6:
• The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
Labels: informal, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /tʃuː/
Pronunciation (ENPR): cho͞o

Definition 1:
• To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
Example: Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full!
Example: The steak was tough to chew as it had been cooked too long.

Definition 2:
• To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
Example: He keeps his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks.
Example: The harsh desert wind and sand had chewed the stump into ragged strips of wood.

Definition 3:
• The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
Labels: informal, uncountable

Definition 4:
• To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
Example: The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.
Labels: informal

Definition 5:
• To chew tobacco.
Example: To reduce cancer risk, it is best that you neither chew nor smoke.
Example: He'd been chewing for many years by the time he first noticed some white plaques on his oral mucosa.

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chew