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chewing

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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