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Another word for chew

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chew

v.

bite, chomp, champ, munch, crunch, masticate, nibble, nibble at, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, dispatch, grind, chew the cud, rend, gnash, crush, scrunch, ruminate; see also eat 1.

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Another word for chew

verb

To bite and grind with the teeth:

champ, chomp, chump², crump, crunch, masticate, munch. (Regional) chaw. See mouth

phrasal verb chew on or over

To think or think about carefully and at length:

cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse¹, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts

phrasal verb chew out

(Slang)

To criticize for a fault or an offense:

admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap¹, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. (Informal) bawl out, lambaste. Idioms: bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See attack, praise

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Did you chew her out in front of everyone?
Might try to chew through my other arm.
Given more time, he'd have preferred to put the bike on the car's rack and chew up some countryside miles, touring the hills and farm lands that surrounded Parkside.
The natives chew betel nuts instead of tobacco, and to the production of these nuts they devote more than 60,000 acres.
He then studied law in the office in Philadelphia of Benjamin Chew, and was admitted to the bar in 1761.

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