Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - chew
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(chews, chewing, chewed) 1. When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well... Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple. ...the sound of his mother chewing and swallowing. VERB: V n, V at/on n, V 2. If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it. One girl was chewing gum... VERB: V n 3. If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous. He chewed his lower lip nervously. VERB: V n 4. If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth. They pause and chew their pencils... One owner left his pet under the stairs where the animal chewed through electric cables. = bite VERB: V n, V prep 5. If you say that someone has bitten off more than they can chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them. Micky is used to handling dodgy deals but this time fears he may have bitten off more than he can chew. PHRASE: bite inflects 6. to chew the cud: see cud
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ceowan; akin to Old High German kiuwan to ~, Russian zhevat' Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to crush, grind, or gnaw (as food) with or as if with the teeth ; masticate 2. to injure, destroy, or consume as if by ~ing — usually used with up ~ing up profits intransitive verb to ~ something; specifically to ~ tobacco • ~able adjective • ~er noun • ~y adjective II. noun Date: 13th century 1. the act of ~ing 2. something for ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. (also absol.) work (food etc.) between the teeth; crush or indent with the teeth. --n. 1 an act of chewing. 2 something for chewing, esp. a chewy sweet. Phrases and idioms chew the cud reflect, ruminate. chew the fat (or rag) sl. 1 chat. 2 grumble. chewing-gum flavoured gum, esp. chicle, for chewing. chew on 1 work continuously between the teeth (chewed on a piece of string). 2 think about; meditate on. chew out US colloq. reprimand. chew over 1 discuss, talk over. 2 think about; meditate on. Derivatives chewable adj. chewer n. Etymology: OE ceowan ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. жвачка (пища) 2. жевательный табак 3. жевание; прожевывание; процесс еды I'll think about it while I have a chew —- я подумаю об этом за едой, за обедом 4. жевать, пережевывать; разжевывать 5. обдумывать, размышлять; замышлять to chew revenge —- замышлять месть just chew those facts over —- поразмыслите над этими фактами Id: to chew the cud —- жевать жвачку; пережевывать старое; без конца возвращаться к той же мысли Id: chew the cud for a time —- подумайте немного, пораскиньте мозгами Id: to bite off more than one can chew —- взять на себя невыполнимую задучу; обещать больше, чем можешь сделать Id: to chew the rag —- ворчать, жаловаться, припоминать старые обиды; ам. болтать, беседовать о том о сем Id: to chew the fat —- болтать, беседовать о том о сем Id: to chew smb.'s ear off —- ам. сл. доконать кого-л длинной речью, нотацией ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 to bite food several times before swallowing it (This meat's so tough I can hardly chew it!) + at/on (a dog chewing on a bone) 2 I + to bite something repeatedly in order to taste it or because you are nervous (We gave the dog an old shoe to chew on. | Stop chewing your nails - it's disgusting.) 3 chew the cud a) if a cow or sheep chews the cud, it repeatedly bites food it has brought up from its stomach. b) informal to think very carefully before making a decision 4 chew the fat informal to have a long, friendly conversation (- see also bite off more than you can chew bite1 (10)) chew on sth phr v chew on it informal to think about something carefully for a period of time chew sb out phr v AmE, informal to talk angrily to someone in order to show them that you disapprove of what they have done (I know I'm late, you don't have to chew me out!) chew sth over phr v to think carefully about a question, problem, idea etc. over a period of time (Let me chew it over for a few days, and then I'll let you have my answer.) chew sth up phr v to bite something repeatedly with your teeth so that you can make it smaller or softer and swallow it (That dog's chewed the carpet up again!) ~2 n 1 the act of biting something repeatedly with the teeth 2 something such as a sweet you chew or special tobacco which you chew but do not swallow (a chew of tobacco) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. ceowan "to bite, chew," from W.Gmc. *keuwjanan, from PIE base *gjeu- "to chew." To chew (someone) out is military slang from World War II. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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