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# chewing

verb form (chew, chews, chewed, chewing); noun (chewing); adjective (chewing, as in chewing gum)

«chewing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chewing means crushing food with your teeth to make it soft enough to swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#m1)
2. Chewing also means biting on something again and again, like a dog chewing a bone or a child chewing a pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#m2)
3. Chewing can also mean chewing something such as tobacco or gum that you do not swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on digestion, chewing is the first step: teeth break food into small pieces and saliva starts to digest it. In health and manners, chew with your mouth closed and don't talk with food in your mouth; chewing slowly helps avoid choking. Puppies chew things when their teeth grow. Phrases: chewing gum, chew on, chew over (think about), bite off more than you can chew.

### Examples

- Keep chewing until the food is soft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x1)
- Please stop chewing with your mouth open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x2)
- The puppy is chewing my slipper! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x3)
- Chewing your food well helps digestion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x4)
- No chewing gum in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x5)
- He was chewing his pencil while he thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x6)
- Cows spend hours chewing grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x7)
- Chew carefully so you don't choke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x8)
- He lay on the grass chewing tobacco, when the gazelle trotted up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/#x9)

### Note

Chew is regular: chewed, chewing. «Chewy» describes food that needs a lot of chewing, like toffee. «Chew it over» means think about it carefully. Bite = cut into food once; chew = grind it again and again.

## In Jewish tradition

In science lessons on digestion, chewing is the first step: teeth break food into small pieces and saliva starts to digest it. In health and manners, chew with your mouth closed and don't talk with food in your mouth; chewing slowly helps avoid choking. Puppies chew things when their teeth grow. Phrases: chewing gum, chew on, chew over (think about), bite off more than you can chew.

### Note

Chew is regular: chewed, chewing. «Chewy» describes food that needs a lot of chewing, like toffee. «Chew it over» means think about it carefully. Bite = cut into food once; chew = grind it again and again.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chewing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chewing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chewing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «chewing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chewing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chewing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chewing.html) on Mova free.