as in to masticate
to crush or grind with the teeth
please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke
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Recent Examples of chew
EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
His wife often cries and chews her nails out of nervousness.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
Toodle and Fran immediately come to check out the new arrival, sniffing at the box and even having a curious chew on the leaves.
—Rachael O'Connor, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Speaking of Gladiator, Jeff Richards is a fan of Joaquin Phoenix, the bad guy from the original, as well as Denzel Washington, who chews the scenery in the sequel.
—EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
His wife often cries and chews her nails out of nervousness.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
The pie’s top is nicely golden with a bit of chew that gives way to rich custard filling.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
Toodle and Fran immediately come to check out the new arrival, sniffing at the box and even having a curious chew on the leaves.
—Rachael O'Connor, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the Republicans masticated the issue endlessly Monday nonetheless.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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Peltz’s decades-long record gave them plenty to masticate.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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Cave pearls are known to form around a nucleus, which can be made from a number of materials, such as rocky fragments, mud pieces, blue algae, wood shreds and animal bones.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Arizona Republican published multiple recipes for chop suey aimed at white housewives, including one made of pork, mushrooms and celery served over Kellogg’s corn soya shreds cereal instead of rice.Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
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The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 19 July 2017
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Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock.Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017
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In his roughly 12 minutes per game, Sheppard has looked timid and tentative, and unable to create anything off the dribble.Rahat Huq, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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First came a slew of dribble handoffs to get Thomas driving off a pick-and-roll.Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 17 Dec. 2024
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Tree Wrap Tree wrap may be a better option than guards, as it can be used on a variety of trunk sizes and protects against nibbling, rubbing, and bark damage that results when tender bark warms up in winter sunlight and quickly freezes at sunset.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
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In effect, Maryland has only been nibbling around the edges of what must be done to become a clean energy leader.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
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How about the new Magico S2, a snip at just $34,000.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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After removing the plant from its nursery container, snip or prune girdling roots and rough up the surface of the root ball with your fingers.Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2024
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Here are five of the weirdest, rarest hypothetical particles in the universe.Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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This periodic comet, discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1790 and later linked to Horace Tuttle's 1858 observations, sheds particles that burn up in Earth's atmosphere, creating meteors.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Although this list will feature plenty of automation technology to help speed up internal processes and ensure prompt payment to suppliers, there remains no better way to maintain a healthy B2B relationship between your business and suppliers than through maintaining that all-important human touch.Dmytro Spilka, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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And so that part of it is great to stay in touch with who the up-and-comers are, and what music is doing and all that stuff.Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Chew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chew. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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