Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.

old politicians

chew

wisdom past.

Pope.

Noun.

That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.

[Law]

, v.t.

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food, to prepare it for deglutition and digestion.

To ruminate in the thoughts; to meditate; as, to chew revenge.

To champ; to bite, hold or roll about in the mouth; as, to chew tobacco.

To taste, without swallowing.

Verb.

To champ upon; to ruminate.

Old politicians chew on wisdom past.

Noun.

That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.