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chew

noun [C]
 
 
/tʃuː/

Definition

› an act of chewing somethingBiting, chewing and swallowingEating › a hard sweet that gets softer the more you chew itSweets
(Definition of chew noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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