transitive. Denoting the action of teeth, or apparatus having the same function; = to masticate. Also figurative.

esp. To perform this operation upon (food), in preparation for swallowing it; to masticate. Sometimes, To eat with chewing, devour.

transitive and intransitive = chew, v.

transitive. To chew; now esp. to chew roughly, to champ; or to chew without swallowing.

transitive. To reduce (food) to a pulp with the teeth; to grind up by, or as if by, chewing.

transitive. To take into the chops and eat; to snap up. Obsolete exc. U.S.

transitive. To chew, to eat; spec. to consume (the consecrated host) at the Eucharist.

transitive. To seize or devour with the jaws; to use the jaws upon. Obsolete.