intransitive verb. To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate.

intransitive verb. To meditate on; ponder.

intransitive verb. To make a crushing and grinding motion with the teeth.

intransitive verb. To cogitate; meditate.

intransitive verb. To chew tobacco as a habit.

noun. The act of chewing.

noun. Something held in the mouth and chewed, especially a plug of tobacco.

phrasal verb. To reprimand; scold.

idiom. (chew the cud) To ponder over; meditate.

idiom. (fat/rag) To talk together in a friendly, leisurely way; chat at length.

noun. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at one time; especially, a quid of tobacco.

To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate, as food, preparatory to swallowing and digestion.

Figuratively, to ruminate on in the thoughts; meditate on.

Synonyms Bite, Gnaw, etc. See eat.

To perform the act of biting and grinding with the teeth; champ; ruminate. Specifically

To press or grind tobacco between the teeth for the sake of its flavor or stimulating effects.

Figuratively, to meditate; reflect.

intransitive verb. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

transitive verb. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

transitive verb. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.

transitive verb. to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.

noun. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.

noun. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.

noun. Chewing tobacco.

noun. A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

verb. 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.

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

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

noun. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

verb. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

noun. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

"Here the farmer chuckled and cut himself a chew from a plug of tobacco."