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Chews

/tʃuːz/

The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.

📖 Definitions of "Chews"

noun

1
The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
"I popped the gum into my mouth and gave it a chew."
2
Level of chewiness.
3
A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
"Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore."
4
Chewing tobacco.
"The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults."

verb

1
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.
"Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full!"
2
To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
"He keeps his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks."
3
To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
"The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
masticationnoun	(physiology) The process of chewing.
cudnoun	The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
masticateverb	(transitive) To chew (usually food).
manducateverb	To eat (something).
chawnoun	(Appalachia, informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
wadnoun	An amorphous, compact mass.
jawnoun	One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
plugnoun	(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
quidnoun	Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
rawhidenoun	Untanned hide.
timbersnoun	A surname.
spitsverb	(intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
eatsverb	(colloquial) Food.
devoursverb	the stage name of Jeff Cancade, a Canadian electronic musician.
munchesverb	To eat vigorously or with excitement.
gobblesverb	To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
vomitsverb	(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
sniffsverb	(ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
ripsverb	(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
rustlesverb	(ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.

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