as in masticated
to crush or grind with the teeth
please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke
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Recent Examples of chewed
At its peak, the fire chewed through five football fields a minute.
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Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The budget is trimmed as Missouri has chewed through surpluses built over years of federal pandemic aid.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
Severe winds and exceptionally high tides had chewed into a half-mile stretch of the structure in January.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Hollywood chewed her up and spat her out.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
War chewed him up, and trauma makes a hack job of memory.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Arugula contains glucosinolates, which break down into compounds called isothiocyanates when chewed.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, plastic cages are often chewed by hamsters and easily damaged.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Zaber recommends keeping an eye out for trails of slime and holes chewed through leaves as telltale signs of these bugs.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
The budget is trimmed as Missouri has chewed through surpluses built over years of federal pandemic aid.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
Severe winds and exceptionally high tides had chewed into a half-mile stretch of the structure in January.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Hollywood chewed her up and spat her out.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
War chewed him up, and trauma makes a hack job of memory.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Arugula contains glucosinolates, which break down into compounds called isothiocyanates when chewed.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, plastic cages are often chewed by hamsters and easily damaged.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Zaber recommends keeping an eye out for trails of slime and holes chewed through leaves as telltale signs of these bugs.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chewed
Verb
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Threatened by the lack of water and nibbled by starving livestock, the trees that once formed a dense forest in the Somali region of Ethiopia are in danger, locals say.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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That led to a viral moment in a Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game when his teammates were shown chowing down on the turkey provided by Fox, while Montgomery nibbled on a carrot.—
Matt Young,
Houston Chronicle,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The nation-state has consumed our politics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Polling suggests that race could also advance to a June runoff, potentially keeping Georgia Republicans consumed by intraparty warfare for weeks longer.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Seated at the table in front of José, brothers Juan, Richard, and Gabriel Zamora munched on chips and salsa and chatted.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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The children munched on pizza and Caesar salad.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Then Doris and her family are sent off on the train, swallowed whole by the Holocaust.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Even the celebrity CEOs building our AI future have been swallowed by forces bigger than themselves.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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“Chewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chewed. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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