Antonyms for chew over


Grammar : Verb
Spell : choo
Phonetic Transcription : tʃu


Definition of chew over

Origin :
  • Old English ceowan "to bite, gnaw, chew," from West Germanic *keuwwan (cf. Middle Low German keuwen, Dutch kauwen, Old High German kiuwan, German kauen), from PIE root *gyeu- "to chew" (cf. Old Church Slavonic živo "to chew," Lithuanian žiaunos "jaws," Persian javidan "to chew").
  • Figurative sense of "to think over" is from late 14c.; to chew the rag "discusss some matter" is from 1885, apparently originally British army slang. Related: Chewed; chewing. To chew (someone) out (1948) probably is military slang from World War II. Chewing gum is by 1843, American English, originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.
  • As in muse : verb think about, dream
  • As in ruminate : verb think about seriously
  • As in speculate : verb think about deeply and theorize
  • As in hypothesize : verb speculate
  • As in consider : verb turn over in one's mind
  • As in contemplate : verb think about seriously; plan
  • As in deliberate : verb think about seriously; discuss
  • As in examine : verb analyze, test
  • As in analyze : verb examine and determine
Example sentences :
  • The average man will leave terrapin and champagne in a minute to chew over the luxury of feeling abused.
  • Extract from : « Old Gorgon Graham » by George Horace Lorimer
  • I chew over a phrase like William James's "states of consciousness as such" until I fall asleep.
  • Extract from : « The Red Rugs of Tarsus » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • That move gave 'em something to chew over anyway, and kind of took their minds off what I'd been askin' about Ellery.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Fie, fie upon the flaccid, castrated century, that has no other use than to chew over again the deeds of the past.
  • Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
  • As it was, she was left to chew over and over the cud of her mournful anticipations.
  • Extract from : « A Rose of a Hundred Leaves » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Synonyms for chew over

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