To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
Level of chewiness.
A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
Chewing tobacco.
To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.