Word Meanings - CHEW - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the
Additional info about word: CHEW
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6.
Related words: (words related to CHEW)
- BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - GRINDSTONE
A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed, - GRINDLE STONE
A grindstone. - BEASTLIKE
Like a beast. - GRINDLET
A small drain. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - PRIORSHIP
The state or office of prior; priorate. - EVERYWHERENESS
Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew. - EVERYWHERE
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether. - OFFENSELESS
Unoffending; inoffensive. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - GRINDINGLY
In a grinding manner. - BEASTINGS
See BIESTINGS - RUMINATE; RUMINATED
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. - MEDITATE
To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. Jer. Taylor. In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - GRINDERY
Leather workers' materials. Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. - ABJUREMENT
Renunciation. - REVENGEFUL
Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. Shak. May my hands . . . Never brandish more rebvengeful steel. Shak. Syn. -- Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - ALIMENTALLY
So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - SUBPRIOR
The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. - THENCEFROM
From that place. - SENTIMENTALLY
In a sentimental manner.