chews 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of chew
as in eats
to crush or grind with the teeth please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke

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chews

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noun

plural of chew
as in shreds

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Recent Examples of chews
Verb
Robin doesn’t know how to use the word ‘’literally,’’ Ted corrects everyone, Lily chews too loudly, and Barney speaks in falsetto. — Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026 Along for the ride in pouches behind its mandibles are spores of a fungus that are released as the insect chews through the wood. — Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 And the dog that paces through every thunderstorm, or chews a cushion to pieces the moment the house goes quiet, has a calming soft chew made with chamomile, melatonin, and L-theanine. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Not going anywhere Mikey Anderson Anderson carries positive five-on-five play metrics across the board and chews important minutes for the Kings. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 21 May 2026 For instance, many partners have small gripes or annoyances with habits that are annoying at worst, but far from an outright red flag — like a partner that chews somewhat loudly, leaves cabinet doors open or hums constantly while working. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 One enzyme acts as a random chopper, snipping the long polymer chains into smaller pieces, while the other slowly chews these pieces into their monomer building units from each end. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 After sitting down at the kitchen island for a meal, Heather then chews her food with her mouth open and lets out a fake burp after taking a sip from her drink. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 The insect chews through the layer, and eventually the damage is akin to putting a permanent tourniquet on the tree. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
One of the key benefits of Foffy's daily pet multivitamin soft chews is the highly palatable soft chew format. — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chews
  1. eats
  2. shreds
  3. nibbles
  4. particles
  5. consumes
  6. dribbles
  7. masticates
  8. flecks
Verb
  • Over the Top serves up favorite street eats every day except for Monday.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Branch has similarities to Xavier Worthy, and that gives him the chance to be another WR4 with weekly boom upside … assuming Tagovailoa eats some spinach for that arm or Michael Penix returns under center.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of eats
Noun
  • The pork chop came with an unfamiliar vegetable, shreds of a green stalk.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • How to Grate Zucchini Once grated, the one large zucchini for this recipe should come out to about 1 ¾ cups of shreds.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Definition of shreds
Verb
  • Keeping gladiolus and other bulbs in bulb cages or a DIY cage made of chicken wire can add extra rodent protection and make sure nothing nibbles on your plants.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of nibbles
Noun
  • The investigation report also said the fire resulted from hot metal particles falling onto vegetation below the tower, which had not been cleared in years.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These trails form when aircraft engine emissions encounter extremely cold air found at high altitudes, causing tiny ice particles to develop.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of particles
Verb
  • That figure assumes the vehicle consumes 100 watt-hours per mile and its solar panels deliver at least four kWh of usable energy to the battery during the day.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Many facilities use evaporative cooling, which consumes water to remove server heat.
    — Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of consumes
Noun
  • Most of his dribbles/ball carrying, which Emery considers key for a wide forward, came from wide areas.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Okot applied that advice by limiting unnecessary dribbles and attacking the basket more efficiently.
    — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of dribbles
Verb
  • The opening sequence, where McGuigan shamelessly apes Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, is reasonably entertaining, and McAvoy masticates the scenery with a winking fervor that befits the project, but the whole thing is unforgivably half-baked.
    — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2021
Definition of masticates
Noun
  • The soup itself has an almost lemon curd-like acidity and sweetness, and it’s laced with flecks of fresh corn and tiny diced pieces of zucchini.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Amid his vast responsibilities running all the departments in the Giants’ front office, Zaidi still found the time to pore over MLB Draft League statistics and look for flecks of gold.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of flecks

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“Chews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chews. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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