chewed (verb)

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• chew out — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• chew over — verb reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 1) I mulled over the events of the afternoon philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate • Syn: ↑think over,… …   Useful english dictionary

• chew up — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• ruminate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, from rumin , rumen rumen; perhaps akin to Sanskrit romantha act of chewing the cud Date: 1533 transitive verb 1. to go over in the mind… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chew the fat — verb talk socially without exchanging too much information the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze • Syn: ↑shoot the breeze, ↑chat, ↑confabulate, ↑confab, ↑chitchat, ↑chit chat, ↑chatter, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• chew out — verb To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke. His dad chewed him out after seeing the failing grades …   Wiktionary

• chawed — verb i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed …   Wiktionary

• chew — verb ADVERB ▪ thoroughly, well ▪ slowly, thoughtfully ▪ up ▪ Chew your food up thoroughly before you swallow it. PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

• chew — verb Carolyn chewed a mouthful of toast chew over chew the fat Syn: munch, chomp, champ, crunch, nibble, gnaw, eat, consume; formal masticate, manducate …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sweeten — verb 1) sweeten the milk with honey Syn: make sweet, add sugar to, sugar, sugar coat 2) he chewed gum to sweeten his breath Syn: freshen, refresh, purify, deodorize, perfume 3) try to sweete …   Thesaurus of popular words

• chew — chew1 [ tʃu ] verb ** intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces so that you can swallow it: High fiber foods take longer to chew. chew on: He was chewing on his meat as if he found it hard to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English