chew

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To crush food with your teeth before swallowing it.

   Make sure to chew your food well before you swallow.

2. 2
   verb

   To bite and tear at something repeatedly with the teeth.

   The puppy chewed a hole in my favourite shoes.

3. 3
   verb

   To think carefully about something over a period of time.

   Give me a day to chew the idea before I decide.

4. 4
   noun

   The act of chewing.

   She gave the gum a few chews and then blew a bubble.

* As an English surname, Chew has a number of separate origins: ** A toponymic surname referring to a place in Billington, Lancashire. It was originally spelled Cho, from Middle English cho, which is possibly a descendant of Old English *cēo (“gill”), denoting a ravine. ** A toponymic surname referring to Chew Magna or Chew Stoke in Somerset, England. ** A nickname from Old English ċīo, ċēo, which refers to smaller chattering species of crow, in particular the red-billed chough. * As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Hokkien 周 (Chiu), Teochew 周 (ziu1), Cantonese 趙／赵 (ziu6), etc.

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