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单词 chewing over
释义

chew over

verb

chewed over; chewing over; chews over

transitive verb

: to meditate on : think about reflectively

Synonyms

  • cogitate
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • debate
  • deliberate
  • entertain
  • eye
  • kick around
  • meditate
  • mull (over)
  • perpend
  • ponder
  • pore (over)
  • question
  • revolve
  • ruminate
  • study
  • think (about or over)
  • turn
  • weigh
  • wrestle (with)
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Example Sentences

yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

chewing over

verb

present participle of chew over
as in pondering
to give serious and careful thought to yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pondering
  • entertaining
  • contemplating
  • looking at
  • debating
  • chewing on
  • considering
  • studying
  • questioning
  • weighing
  • kicking around
  • perpending
  • exploring
  • eyeing
  • reviewing
  • mulling (over)
  • wrestling (with)
  • analyzing
  • poring (over)
  • thinking (about or over)
  • beating one's brains out (about)
  • cudgeling one's brains (about)
  • eying
  • ruminating
  • meditating
  • deliberating
  • cogitating
  • revolving
  • turning
  • reflecting (on or upon)
  • musing (upon)
  • digesting
  • reasoning
  • reminiscing
  • dwelling (on or upon)
  • fixating (on or upon)
  • obsessing (about or over)
  • brooding (about or over)
  • fretting (about or over)
  • speculating (about)
  • believing
  • drinking (in)
  • concluding
  • absorbing
  • opining
  • conceiving
  • assimilating
  • second-guessing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ignoring
  • disregarding
  • overlooking
  • rejecting
  • dismissing
  • slighting
  • poohing
  • pooh-poohing
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