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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 1.6 [wn]:
chewing
n : biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
enough to swallow [syn: {chew}, {mastication}]
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