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
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Take your time during meals and chew food thoroughly.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Tiny quick-cooking oats offer a delicate chew in batter that comes together fast enough for weekday mornings.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Carpenter ants: Carpenter ants chew tunnels and chambers in structural timbers, wooden fences, trellises, and outdoor furniture.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Take your time during meals and chew food thoroughly.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
Noun
Formulation Cat probiotics usually come in chew, powder or capsule formulations.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Tiny quick-cooking oats offer a delicate chew in batter that comes together fast enough for weekday mornings.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chew
Verb
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Plus centrifugal juicers produce watery or less healthy juices than masticating/slow juicers.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
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But the Republicans masticated the issue endlessly Monday nonetheless.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2024
Noun
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Sincerely, People with functioning eyes and a shred of honesty.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Please be advised that the dress code is either pastel-Easter-egg chic or ripped black shreds and absolutely nothing in between.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
Verb
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The successful hatchings come about a year after Scout ate two of his chicks as a first-time dad, leaving the pair with no surviving eaglets from their first nesting season, McClatchy News previously reported.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What was clear in the Thunder series is that the Wolves need another player who can create off the dribble, get to the paint and get his own shot as well as find others.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Criticized at times as an inefficient scorer, the career 39% shooter is nonetheless still a top option for creating her own shot off the dribble.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
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Now, after years of nibbling at it, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature are going in with the knives.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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In the government's view, this forced rivals to nibble around the edges after being locked out by Google's contracts.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Topanga talks about the snips heard 'round the world.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
2 June 2025
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Cut off faded peony flowers with clean snips once or twice a week during the blooming season.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The science transparency rule in the first Trump administration was intended to limit the EPA’s ability to consider epidemiologic studies like those that established the health harms from exposure to secondhand smoke and to PM2.5, fine particles often from pollution.—
H. Christopher Frey,
The Conversation,
5 June 2025
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According to Yale Medicine, the particles can be 10 micrometers, PM 10, or as small as 2.5 micrometers, PM 2.5, and the smaller one poses a lot of health risks.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Designed for all-season use, the farmhouse set features a daisy design that’s a perfect touch of texture for any room.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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The actioner is now pacing a touch behind projections from earlier this week, looking at a debut between $25.5 million and $27.5 million as opposed to forecasts for $28 million.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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“Chew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chew. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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