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Meanings of chewing in English
Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.
Synonyms
Examples for "chew"
Examples for "chew"
1
For children used to chew them as they walked home from school.
2
Huw's time with Megan was chew only time he felt really happy.
3
Our ancestors used not to chew and spit it everywhere unlike today.
4
It continues to pay them no mind, content to chew its food.
5
In other words, a variety pack of human chew-toys, Joy had thought.
1
There was a long moment with neither reply nor sounds of mastication.
2
Explain the change that has taken place in the cracker by mastication.
3
A fact which was evident from the gusto resorted to in mastication.
4
Limiting radiation dose to the muscles of mastication could prevent this complication.
5
They were like hungry dogs laboring with a difficult problem of mastication.
Usage of chewing in English
1
Today we are inundated with sports drinks, chewing gum and grooming products.
2
Because we want them sooner in cutting than the others in chewing.
3
Startled perhaps by Yoshino's severe tone, Mako stopped chewing for a moment.
4
The molecular mechanisms of chewing tobacco which leads to malignancy remains unclear.
5
He thought about the man's question, really chewing it over before answering.
6
The proper chewing of the food is an important element in digestion.
7
He put the end in his mouth and strode moodily chewing it.
8
She was chewing gum and held a broom in her left hand.
9
Then he stood in the lobby, chewing the ends of his moustache.
10
Neither of them had eaten anything that required chewing in as long.
11
I was lucky to avoid a chewing out for my late return.
12
If you need nicotine, settle for chewing tobacco in my presence, okay?
13
An ambassador importunes a sovereign government on behalf of the chewing-gum industry.
14
Or are you afraid of something more serious than a chewing out?
15
What he was chewing, they did not ask or like to think.
16
Before long, she was sure, she'd be back to chewing her nails.
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Chewing through the time
Chewing across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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