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chew /tʃu:/

• danh từ
  • sự nhai
    • to have a chew at something: nhai vật gì
  • sự nhai thuốc lá; mồi thuốc lá (để) nhai

• động từ
  • nhai
  • ngẫm nghĩ, nghiền ngẫm nghĩ tới nghĩ lui
    • to chew upon (over) something: ngẫm nghĩ cái gì
  • to bite off more than one can chew
    • (xem) bite
  • to chew the cud
    • (xem) cud
  • to chew the rag (the fat)
    • (từ lóng) lải nhải ca cẩm, làu nhàu
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) nói chuyện phiếm, tán dóc

verb, noun
+ verb
1 ~ (at / on / through sth)
~ sth (up) to bite food into small pieces in your mouth with your teeth to make it easier to swallow: [V] After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow. + [VN] teeth designed for chewing meat + He is always chewing gum.
2 ~ (on sth) to bite sth continuously, for example because you are nervous or to taste it: [V] Rosa chewed on her lip and stared at the floor. + The dog was chewing on a bone. + [VN] to chew your nails
Idioms: chew the fat (informal) to have a long friendly talk with sb about sth: Randall stayed chewing the fat for a while. + They met up once a year to chew the fat about the old days.
more at BITE v.
Phrasal Verbs: chew sth<->over to think about or discuss sth slowly and carefully
+ noun
1 an act of chewing sth
2 a type of sweet/candy that you chew
3 a piece of tobacco that you chew