<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.</li><li>to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often followed by up): The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up.</li><li>to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion.</li><li>to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire.</li><li>to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings.</li><li>to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs.</li><li>Slang: Vulgar. to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth.</li><li>Informal: to chew tobacco.</li><li>to meditate.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of chewing.</li><li>something chewed or intended for chewing: a chew of tobacco; taffy chews.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>Slang: to scold harshly: The sergeant chewed out the recruits.</li></ul>