Mabel loves to chew the fat while playing bridge.
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Chew
//tʃuː//
Synonyms for "chew" (122 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
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Verb(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (61)
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4 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesmanner of
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1 entriesrelated to
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Translations
172 translations across 122 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- mamoh verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Aklanon
1 entries- mama verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Albanian
2 entries- përtyp verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- përçap verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μασάομαι verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Andi
1 entries- чӏамму verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Ao
1 entries- mejak (Chungli) verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Arabic
1 entries- مَضَغَ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Armenian
1 entries- ծամել verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Aromanian
4 entries- aroamig verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- ciumulescu verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- meastic verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mãcilsescu verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Assamese
2 entries- চোবা verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- পকটীয়া verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Avar
1 entries- чӏамизе verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çeynəmək verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Basque
1 entries- murtxikatu verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Belarusian
1 entries- жава́ць verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Bengali
1 entries- চিবনো verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Bikol Central
1 entries- sapa verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дъвчащ бонбон noun (chewable candy)
- дъ́вча verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Burmese
1 entries- ဝါး verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Buryat
1 entries- жажалха verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Catalan
2 entries- mastegar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- masticar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- جوون verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎩᏍᏙᎠ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 咀嚼 verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- 嚼 verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Czech
1 entries- žvýkat verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Danish
2 entries- gumle verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- tygge verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Drung
1 entries- mya verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Dutch
1 entries- kauwen verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Eastern Cham
1 entries- ꨟꨟꩍ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Esperanto
2 entries- maĉi verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- remaĉi verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Estonian
2 entries- mäluma verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- närima verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Evenki
1 entries- седями verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Faroese
1 entries- tyggja verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Finnish
4 entries- karkki noun (chewable candy)
- mälli noun (chaw)
- purutupakka noun (chewing tobacco)
- jauhaa verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
French
3 entries- mastiquer verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mordiller verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mâcher verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Friulian
1 entries- mastiâ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Galician
1 entries- mastigar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Georgian
2 entries- ღეჭვა verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- ცოხნა verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
German
2 entries- chätsche verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- kauen verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Greek
1 entries- μασάω verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Hebrew
1 entries- לעס verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Hindi
1 entries- चबाना verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Hungarian
1 entries- rág verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Icelandic
1 entries- tyggja verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Indonesian
1 entries- kunyah verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Ingrian
1 entries- närriä verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Interlingua
1 entries- masticar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Irish
1 entries- cogain verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Italian
1 entries- masticare verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Iu Mien
1 entries- nziuc verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Japanese
2 entries- 咀嚼する verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- 噛む verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Javanese
1 entries- mamah verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Kalmyk
1 entries- җаҗлх verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Kazakh
1 entries- шайнау verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Khakas
1 entries- тайнирға verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Khmer
1 entries- ទំពា verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Korean
2 entries- 깨물다 verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- 씹다 verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чайноо verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Latin
2 entries- mandūcō verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- masticō verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Latvian
1 entries- košļāt verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Lingala
1 entries- táma verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kramtyti verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Livvi
1 entries- puretella verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kusaś verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Macedonian
1 entries- џвака verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Malay
2 entries- kunyah verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mamah verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Maltese
1 entries- magħad verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠨᡳᠣᠮᠪᡳ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᡡᠮᠪᡳ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Marathi
1 entries- चावणे verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Megleno-Romanian
2 entries- mastic verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mestic verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Middle Irish
2 entries- cocnaid verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- con·cnaí verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Mongolian
2 entries- зажлах verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- мэрэх verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Māori
1 entries- kamukamu verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tlanchoa verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Neapolitan
1 entries- mazzecà verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Nepali
2 entries- चुइँगम noun (chewable candy)
- चपाउनु verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- cûtin verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Norwegian
1 entries- tygge verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Old English
1 entries- ċēowan verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Old Irish
1 entries- con·cná verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Old Javanese
1 entries- gugut verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Old Norse
1 entries- tyggja verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كومك verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- چیكنهمك verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Pennsylvania German
2 entries- kaue verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- tschaae verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Persian
1 entries- جویدن verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Polabian
1 entries- zavăt verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Polish
2 entries- przeżuwać verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- żuć verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Portuguese
2 entries- mascar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mastigar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Romanian
2 entries- caramea noun (chewable candy)
- mesteca verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Russian
1 entries- жева́ть verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Sanskrit
1 entries- खादति verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cnuasaich verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- žvakati verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- жвакати verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Sherpa
1 entries- མུར verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Sicilian
2 entries- macicari verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- masticari verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Slovak
1 entries- žuť verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Slovene
1 entries- žvečiti verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Southern Altai
1 entries- чайнаар verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Spanish
4 entries- chacchar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- gandir verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- mascar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- masticar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Swedish
2 entries- förtära verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- tugga verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tagalog
1 entries- nguya verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tai Dón
1 entries- ꪵꪁꪫꫂ verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tamil
2 entries- சவை verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- மெல் verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Telugu
1 entries- నములు verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tetum
1 entries- mama verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Thai
2 entries- ลูกอมเคี้ยว noun (chewable candy)
- เคี้ยว verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tibetan
1 entries- མུར verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tresk verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Turkish
1 entries- çiğnemek verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Tuvan
1 entries- дайнаар verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- жува́ти verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Unami
2 entries- shëshkòmwi verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- shëshkònta verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kusać verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Uzbek
1 entries- chaynamoq verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Venetan
1 entries- mastegar verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nhai verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- nhá verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- nhằn verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Welsh
2 entries- cildroi verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- cnoi verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- mama' verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
White Hmong
1 entries- zom verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Yakut
1 entries- ыстаа verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Zazaki
4 entries- cawen verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- cawitiş verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- cawıtene (diq) verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
- koçen verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Zulu
1 entries- hlafuna verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǁkxʻám verb (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Chew your food well so it can be digested properly.
Source: tatoeba (40195)
Chew it over for a while and let me know what you think.
Source: tatoeba (50403)
Can I chew on this side?
Source: tatoeba (61478)
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