chew
US: /ˈtʃu/
UK: /tʃjˈuː/
UK: /tʃjˈuː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
chew /tʃu:/
- danh từ
- sự nhai
- to have a chew at something: nhai vật gì
- sự nhai thuốc lá; mồi thuốc lá (để) nhai
- sự 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
Advanced English dictionary
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
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 masticate, grind, munch; bite, gnaw:
Make sure to chew each mouthful thoroughly. The puppy chewed up my slipper.
2 chew the fat or rag. gossip, palaver, chat, converse, talk, Slang US and Canadian bullshit:
We sat round the fire and chewed the fat all evening.
3 chew out. scold, rebuke, reprimand:
The sergeant chewed out the recruit because his boots were dirty.
4 chew over. think about or on or over, consider, review, ponder, ruminate on, meditate on or over:
I'll chew over your proposal and let you know.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
well, thoroughly | vigorously | thoughtfully | up
Chew your food up thoroughly before you swallow it.
PREP.
at
She was chewing at her lower lip.
| on
The baby chewed on a rusk.
Concise English dictionary
chews|chewed|chewingtʃuː
noun
+a wad of something chewable as tobacco
+biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
verb
+chew (food)
