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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.

Example: Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full!

To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.

Example: He keeps his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks.

To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.

Example: The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.

The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.

The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.

The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.