Chew+the+cud
21chewed the cud — regurgitated the contents of the stomach and chew them again (done by cows and other ruminants) …
22chew — chew1 [tʃu:] v [: Old English; Origin: ceowan] 1.) [I and T] to bite food several times before swallowing it ▪ This meat s so tough I can hardly chew it! chew at/on ▪ a dog chewing on a bone 2.) [I and T] to bite something continuously in order… …
23chew — [[t]tʃu͟ː[/t]] chews, chewing, chewed 1) VERB When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. [V n] Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well... [V at/on n] Daniel leaned… …
24chew — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to bite food several times before swallowing it: This meat s so tough I can hardly chew it! (+ at/on): a dog chewing on a bone 2 (intransitive + transitive) to bite something repeatedly in order to taste it or because you are… …
25chew — Synonyms and related words: bawl out, bite, bolus, bullshit, carpet, cavendish, chain smoke, champ, chat, chaw, chew ass, chew out, chew over, chew the cud, chew up, chewing tobacco, chomp, chump, consider, consume, converse, crunch, crush, cud,… …
26chew — v. & n. v.tr. (also absol.) work (food etc.) between the teeth; crush or indent with the teeth. n. 1 an act of chewing. 2 something for chewing, esp. a chewy sweet. Phrases and idioms: chew the cud reflect, ruminate. chew the fat (or rag) sl. 1… …
27cud — /kʌd / (say kud) noun 1. the portion of food which a ruminating animal returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time. –phrase 2. chew the cud, to reflect; meditate. {Middle English; Old English cudu, variant of cwidu. See… …
28cud — noun (U) 1 food that a cow has eaten, swallowed, and brought back into its mouth to eat a second time 2 chew the cud a) informal to think very hard about something before making a decision b) if a cow chews the cud, it eats cud …
29cud — [[t]kʌ̱d[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud, they slowly chew their partly digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it. Syn: ruminate …
30cud — UK [kʌd] / US noun [uncountable] food that animals such as cows and sheep bring back into their mouths to chew again after they have swallowed it • chew the cud …
