Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chew"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chew \Chew\, v. i.
To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth;
to ruminate; to meditate.
old politicians chew wisdom past. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chew \Chew\, n.
That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at
once; a cud. [Law]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chew \Chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chewed} (ch[udd]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Chewing}.] [As ce['o]wan, akin to D. kauwen,
G. kauen. Cf. {Chaw}, {Jaw}.]
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior.
{To chew the cud}, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to
ruminate; hence, to meditate.
Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the
beasts, that ye shall eat. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chew
n 1: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chaw}, {cud},
{quid}, {plug}, {wad}]
2: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
enough to swallow [syn: {chewing}, {mastication}]
v : chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and
don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
[syn: {masticate}, {manducate}, {jaw}]
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