[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.", "to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often followed byup):The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up.", "to make by or as if by chewing:The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper.", "to meditate on; consider deliberately (often followed byover):He chewed the problem over in his mind."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth.", "Informal.to chew tobacco.", "to meditate."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act or instance of chewing.", "something chewed or intended for chewing:a chew of tobacco; taffy chews."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang.to scold harshly:The sergeant chewed out the recruits."]}]