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Meanings of chew in English

Portuguese
mastigação
Catalan
masticació
Spanish
masticación

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

        mastigação
        Portuguese
        mastigar
        Catalan
        mastegar

        Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.

              mastigar
              Spanish
              masticable

              A wad of something chewable as tobacco.

                  masticable
                  Usage of chew in English
                  1
                  For children used to chew them as they walked home from school.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  Huw's time with Megan was chew only time he felt really happy.
                  Two lives
                  3
                  Our ancestors used not to chew and spit it everywhere unlike today.
                  Radio NZ
                  4
                  It continues to pay them no mind, content to chew its food.
                  The thing
                  5
                  In other words, a variety pack of human chew-toys, Joy had thought.
                  Fiendish deeds
                  6
                  These he used to chew up dinners heavily dependent on seal meat.
                  The Irish Times
                  7
                  He caught the broom in his mouth, and began to chew it.
                  The Nursery, March 1873, Vol. XIII. / A Monthly Magazine for You...
                  8
                  I line up with the sky-pilot and chew the cud of silence.
                  Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
                  9
                  As you chew the cracker, note that it becomes sweeter in flavor.
                  School and Home Cooking
                  10
                  Justice was served and you went home to chew on your dick.
                  Three stations: an arkady renko novel
                  11
                  And how you'll chew over that bit of victory, Winter, I'm sure.
                  Demon bound
                  12
                  My doctor told me to chew valerian root and get more exercise.
                  Fight Club
                  13
                  He was in consequence observed to dig fern-root, and to chew it.
                  A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
                  14
                  You wanted to see them chew me up; you know you did.
                  The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
                  15
                  Let the others chew on carpets and get what nourishment they can.
                  The Irish Times
                  16
                  There was no need for them to chew it over for us.
                  The Guardian
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