Noun chew has 2 senses
  1. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco
    --1 is a kind of morsel, bit, bite
    Derived form: verb chew1
  2. chew, chewing, mastication, manduction - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
    --2 is a kind of change of state
    --2 is a part of eating, feeding
    --2 has particulars: chomping; mumbling, gumming; rumination
    Derived form: verb chew1
,Verb chew has 1 sense
  1. chew, masticate, manducate, jaw - chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
    --1 is one way to grate, grind
    Derived forms: noun chewer1, noun chew1, noun chew2, noun chewing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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