chew in English: To press and break food with your teeth again and again before you swallow it. (verb)

Translation

To press and break food with your teeth again and again before you swallow it.

Word origin

From Old English ceowan, meaning to bite and grind with the teeth.

Verb typeregular (chew, chews, chewed)

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You bite once; you chew many times.

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Here it means the dog kept biting the shoe and damaged it.

gum .

"Chewing gum" is a sweet you chew but never swallow.

eat

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

bite

To cut into something with your teeth.

mouth

The part of your face that you use to eat and to speak.

tooth

One of the hard white parts in your mouth that you use to bite and chew.

food

Food is anything that people or animals eat to stay alive and grow.

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