chewed (verb)
1chew 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, ↑ …
2chew 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,… …
3chew 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, ↑ …
4ruminate — 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… …
5chew 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, ↑ …
6chew out — verb To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke. His dad chewed him out after seeing the failing grades …
7chawed — verb i.e. nonstandard variant of chewed …
8chew — verb ADVERB ▪ thoroughly, well ▪ slowly, thoughtfully ▪ up ▪ Chew your food up thoroughly before you swallow it. PREPOSITION …
9chew — verb Carolyn chewed a mouthful of toast chew over chew the fat Syn: munch, chomp, champ, crunch, nibble, gnaw, eat, consume; formal masticate, manducate …
10sweeten — 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 …