Overview of noun chew

The noun chew has 2 senses

• chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad -- (a wad of something chewable as tobacco)


• chew, chewing, mastication, manduction -- (biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow)

Overview of verb chew

The verb chew has 1 sense

• chew, masticate, manducate, jaw -- (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass")