chewing

«chewing» in Mova's school dictionary: crushing food with your teeth to make it soft enough to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Chewing means crushing food with your teeth to make it soft enough to swallow. tree →

2) Chewing also means biting on something again and again, like a dog chewing a bone or a child chewing a pencil. tree →

3) Chewing can also mean chewing something such as tobacco or gum that you do not swallow. tree →

sense 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 →
• Please stop chewing with your mouth open. tree →
• The puppy is chewing my slipper! tree →
• Chewing your food well helps digestion. tree →
• No chewing gum in class. tree →
• He was chewing his pencil while he thought. tree →
• Cows spend hours chewing grass. tree →
• Chew carefully so you don't choke. tree →
• He lay on the grass chewing tobacco, when the gazelle trotted up. tree →

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 the corpora

• The Camel came by "chewing milkweed most 'scruciating idle" and laughed at them.
• Never disturb a dog that is eating, sleeping, chewing a toy or looking after puppies.
• Good manners at the table include chewing with your mouth closed and not grabbing food across other people.
• Many dog bites happen when someone touches a dog while it is eating, sleeping or chewing a toy.
• Rabbit teeth keep growing all their lives and are worn down by chewing hay.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chewing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.