Word Finder - chewed

definition

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

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Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full!

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To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.

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He keeps his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks.

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To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.

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The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.

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That has been chewed; masticated.

She chewed her lip but complied.

She chewed her lip, pondering the change.

The roots or leaves are first chewed by young girls or boys, care being taken that only those possessing sound teeth and excellent general health shall take part in this operation.

Toby chewed on the crackers she'd placed before him, crumbs and chunks going all over his pj's.

The kid sitting beside her made smacking sounds as he chewed on a huge wad of

The days on which the Pithoigia and Chas were celebrated were both regarded as Corotpbses (nefasti) and µcapai ("defiled"), necessitating expiatory libations; on them the souls of the dead came up from the underworld and walked abroad; people chewed leaves of whitethorn and besmeared their doors with tar to protect themselves from evil.

She chewed on the end of her pencil, absently gazing at a painting.

They haven't chewed it (yet ), but it looks sturdy.

Pulsations in forehead veins she chewed out compromise find creative.

The pods are also chewed to aid in digestion and to sweeten the breath; a habit started with by the Moghuls.

We chewed on last season 's dates and miniature unripe bananas.

Be sure you give him bite size pieces of food that can be chewed easily, however.

Betel nut may be sucked or chewed like gum.

Tell tale signs of their presence include scratches on the bark of trees and chewed pine cones.

Of course the young tree saplings too had problems caused by having their buds chewed off by birds or grazing animals.

If some leaves have been chewed on by bugs, they're generally OK, unless the majority of the product is riddled with holes and trails.

It may be placed between the cheek and gum, chewed, or sucked.

Nicotine Gum - This product also releases small amounts of nicotine into the system and can be chewed whenever the user feels a tobacco craving coming on.

Additionally, you need not worry about buttons or snaps being chewed off and eaten if you use Velcro.

Our Aussie is a chewer, and has also turned on books, shoes, toys, etc. However, he had never before now chewed a living animal, and he doesn't try to do this with any dog but Bailey.

Apricots, cherries, peaches, and apples all produce healthful fruit, but their seeds contain a form of cyanide that can kill a child if chewed in sufficient quantities.

The latter should be swallowed whole, never broken into smaller pieces or chewed.

However, one day at lunch as he was eating pork chops, he choked on a poorly chewed morsel and died from lack of oxygen.

Allow your body the opportunity to slowly digest the food after you've chewed it sufficiently.

The captain chewed on his mustache and eyed Bordeaux thoughtfully.

She chewed her lower lip and studied him from under lowered lashes.

He stared at her intently while he chewed a mouthful of food.

She chewed her lower lip, warm eyes troubled.

She chewed on her lip, thinking hard.

It was constructed of narrow boards and chewed by the cutting crampons of hundreds of climbers.

Brady chewed back a retort about how this particular army-type had been battling insurgents to reach them on the Peak.

She chewed her lip as she watched the micro map multiple routes, gauging how much food and water she'd have to carry to survive.

She grimaced and took them.  Gabriel peeled off his heavy jacket as she chewed and watched him.  His hands absently traveled over all the places on his body where weapons were hidden and he pulled free a dagger with a jagged edge.

He casually spooned a bite of potato salad into his mouth and methodically chewed and swallowed it.

The leaves and young shoots are chewed; they have stimulating properties, comparable with those of the coca of Peru.

When chewed a small piece is wrapped up in a leaf of the betel vine or pan, with a pellet of shell lime or chunam; and in some cases a little cardamom, turmeric or other aromatic is added.

As the flesh of Christ cannot be corporeally chewed without wickedness and truculence, so it is not food of the belly.

The kola nut, chewed by almost every native of the country, is brought from west of the Niger, traders from Ashanti, Accra and Yorubaland frequenting the markets of Jegga.

It is an ingredient in pot-pourri, is employed for flavouring beer and is chewed to clear the voice; and its volatile oil is employed by makers of snuff and aromatic vinegar.

The chewed material is then placed in a bowl, and water or coco - nut milk is poured over it, the whole is well stirred, and subsequently the woody matter is removed by an ingenious but simple mechanical manipulation.

Cocaine is the active principle of the coca leaf, which is chewed as a stimulant-narcotic in Peru and Bolivia.

I've only met Damian once, when he saved Lon's life after Czerno chewed him up and spit him out.

It takes more than killing things, and I.m done being chewed on, mauled, and treated like crap by you Immortal idiots.

If the leaves have been chewed on, then the list of culprits can be narrowed down to insects with chewing mouthparts.

An inspection in June had found the tripod disturbed and the guy ropes thoroughly chewed - probably by passing deer.

Even the root, which possesses mildly narcotic properties, is sometimes chewed.

Environmental assessment identified fecal concretions and chewed fish bone in all three deposits.

The corpses appear headless, the flesh chewed at, the manner of death not clear.

In the last five years, I have been a carer, chewed up and spat out by a completely inhumane system.

Of course some work is made with that in mind, to be chewed till the sugar's gone, then jettisoned.