Chew+and+swallow

  • 1chew — 01. Be sure to [chew] your food; don t try swallowing it whole or you ll choke. 02. The puppy [chewed] up my new leather shoes. 03. Rats had [chewed] through the cupboard to get at the food inside. 04. The chainsaw [chewed] into the wood with no… …

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  • 2chew — 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… …

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  • 3chew — 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… …

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  • 4swallow — 01. The young boy got hit with a big wave, and [swallowed] a lot of water, but he was okay. 02. I have a sore throat, and it is hard to [swallow] any food. 03. The entire town was [swallowed] up by a crack in the ground that appeared when the… …

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  • 5chew — ► VERB 1) bite and work (food) in the mouth to make it easier to swallow. 2) (chew over) discuss or consider at length. 3) (chew out) N. Amer. informal reprimand severely. ► NOUN 1) an instance of chewing. 2) …

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  • 6chew — chew1 [ tʃu ] verb ** intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces so that you can swallow it: High fiber foods take longer to chew. chew on: He was chewing on his meat as if he found it hard to… …

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  • 7chew — [[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… …

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  • 8swallow — Synonyms and related words: abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, antelope, arrow, assent, assimilate, back down, back out, backwater, be a sucker, be agreeable, be… …

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  • 9chew — 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,… …

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  • 10chew up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chew up : present tense I/you/we/they chew up he/she/it chews up present participle chewing up past tense chewed up past participle chewed up 1) to chew something for a long time, until it is very soft or in… …

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