Chew

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
   countable, uncountable
3. A river in Somerset, England.
   countable, uncountable
4. Level of chewiness.
   countable, uncountable
5. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
   countable, uncountable
6. Chewing tobacco.
   informal, uncountable
7. A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
   countable
8. The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
   informal, uncountable

Equivalents

59 more languages

العربيةإمضغمضغ

Българскидъвча

বাংলাচিবনো

Bosanskimaćitamažučžut+ 1 more

Catalàmastegarmasticar

Češtinažvýkat

Cymraegcildroicnoi

Dansktygge

Ελληνικάμασάω

Esperantomaĉi

Eestinärima

Euskaramurtxikatu

فارسیجویدن

Suomijauhaakarkkimallipureskellapurupurutupakka+ 3 more

Gaeilgecogain

Gàidhligcnuasaich

Galegomastigar

עבריתלעס

हिन्दीचबाना

Hrvatskimaćitamažučžut+ 1 more

Magyarrag

Հայերենծամել

Íslenskatyggja

Italianomasticare

日本語咀咀嚼する噉噛噛む嚙齩+ 4 more

ქართულიღეჭვაცოხნა

Қазақ тілішайнау

ភាសាខ្មែរទំពា

한국어齕깨물다씹다

Kurdîzût

Кыргызчачайноо

Latinamandūcōmasticō

Lingálatáma

Lietuviųkramtyti

Latviešukošļāt

Македонскиџвака

Монголзажлахмэрэх

मराठीचावणे

Bahasa Melayukunyahmamah

Maltimagħad

မြန်မာဝါ

Nederlandskauwen

Polskiprzeżuwaćżuć

Portuguêsmascarmastigar

Românămesteca

Русскийжевать

Slovenčinažuť

Slovenščinažvečiti

Shqippërçappërtyp

Српскиmaćitamažučžut+ 1 more

Svenskaförtäratugga

தமிழ்சவைமெல்

తెలుగునములు

ไทยเคียว

Tagalognguya

Türkçeçiğnemek

Українськажувати

Tiếng Việtnhànháinhạn

isiZuluhlafuna

Examples

“I popped the gum into my mouth and gave it a chew.”

“Once it's cooked, it's not enough of a hard chew to count⟳.”

“A bread with a strong and solidified gluten network has a nice chew to it, and many types of charcuterie call⟳ for just enough work⟳ by the teeth to be dangerously addictive. But in all cases, chewy must be combined with an appropriate amount of ...”

“No matter⟳ what I did to the squid, it was a tough chew. I got out my magnifying glass. Still, there was nothing that I could see⟳ to make⟳ the squid curl when cooked. I decided to tenderize the squid with my rubber hammer⟳.”

“To serve⟳, cook⟳ the malloredus in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, but with a nice chew to them. Fold⟳ into a warm sauce or ragout and serve⟳ immediately.”

“While these are a little complicated to make⟳, the result⟳ is a thick, toothsome bun that has a nice chew to it but is still soft.”

“Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.”

“The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.”

“The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain⟳, glumly working their chews.”

“The first time he chewed tobacco, he swallowed his chew and got extremely sick.”

“Avoiding Tape Chew. In the early days of the ADAT, the "V" blocks (two arms that thread the tape around the front of the head) could sometimes get⟳ out of alignment and "chew" the outside track […]”

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