Synonyms for chew
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1. chewverb

   To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

   Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.

   Synonyms:
   mull, contemplate, ruminate, ponder, muse

2. chewverb

   Chewing tobacco.

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

   Synonyms:
   ruminate, contemplate, ponder, muse, mull

3. chewverb

   A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

   The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.

   Synonyms:
   mull, contemplate, ponder, ruminate, muse

4. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   masticate, bite, chomp, crunch

5. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   rip, shred, pulverize, tear, grind

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chew

   Synonyms:
   masticate, munch, eat

   Antonyms:
   gorge, bolt whole

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wadnoun

   a wad of something chewable as tobacco

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, pot, peck, quid, mastication, hype, lot, quid pro quo, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, hack, fire hydrant, chewing, pile, muckle, stack, rechewed food, mass, spark plug, good deal, male plug, mountain, sight, stopple, plenty, deal, plug, mess, jade, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, fireplug, heap, great deal, pound, chaw, ballyhoo, mint, stopper, sparking plug, spate, cud, pound sterling, nag, hoopla, manduction

2. chew, chewing, mastication, manductionverb

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

   Synonyms:
   quid, chaw, manduction, plug, chewing, cud, mastication, wad, sacramental manduction

3. chew, masticate, manducate, jawverb

   chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

   "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

   Synonyms:
   bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, masticate, remonstrate, shoot the breeze, yack away, take to task, gossip, confab, reproof, manducate, lambaste, jaw, chit-chat, claver, lambast, chew the fat, chew out, berate, natter, trounce, visit, dress down, have words, chew up, call down, reprimand, rattle on, scold, confabulate, rebuke, rag, yap away, chat, chatter, call on the carpet, chaffer, lecture

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   masticate, manducate, MUNCH

2. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   champ, bite, gnaw

3. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   meditate, ruminate, muse on, reflect upon, chew the cud upon

4. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   meditate, ruminate, muse, reflect

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chewverb

   Synonyms:
   masticate, munch, crunch, craunch, champ

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "chew":

   mince, qiu

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How to use chew in a sentence?

1. Peter Ambler:

   Congress should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

2. Jennifer Cohen:

   Baby steps equal big wins. Don’t try to bite off more than you can chew.

3. Swetanjali Jha:

   It took me a while to convince her to eat because she felt too dejected to eat and too nauseous to chew, i explained how nutrition is important for the growth of the baby.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   We are able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

5. Rocket Lab:

   We didn't want to bite off more than we could chew, the pilots were well briefed : If anything was different from the simulation that they felt that they weren't happy with, then the most important thing is everybody's safety. ... And that's exactly what they executed. So they got a great catch. And and they just didn't like the way the the load was feeling.