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• bite and work (food) in the mouth with the teeth, especially to make it easier to swallow.

• "he was chewing a mouthful of toast"

Similar: masticate, munch, champ, chomp, crunch, bite, nibble, gnaw, grind, eat, consume, devour, manducate, triturate, chumble,

• a repeated biting or gnawing of something.

• "the dog was enjoying a quiet chew of his bone"

Origin: Old English cēowan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kauwen and German kauen .

• chat in a leisurely and prolonged way.
"we were chewing the fat, telling stories about the old days"

• reprimand someone severely.
"he chewed me out for being late"

• discuss or consider something at length.
"executives met to chew over the company's future"

• break up or damage something as if by chewing.
"the bikes were chewing up the paths"