Dictionary entry

Chew

Pronunciation: /tʃuː/

Pronunciation

/tʃuː/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) ဝါးသည်။ (n) ဝါးခြင်း။ သကြားထန်းလျက်ချောင်း။

Definition

chew /tʃu:/ v ~ (at/on/through sth) ; ~ sth (up) ဝါးသည္။ cows chewing the cud ❍ The dog was chewing at a large bone. ❍ ( fig ) She sat chewing on the end of a pencil, waiting for inspiration. n ၁။ ဝါးျခင္း။ ၂။ သၾကား/ထန္းလ်က္ေခ်ာင္း။ ❏ chew the fat/rag [ IDM ] ( infml ) ေထြရာေလးပါး ေလပန္း သည္။ ❏ chewing-gum (also gum ) n [U] ကပ္ေစးႏွဲ။ See also BUBBLE GUM ❏ chew sth over [ PHRV ] ( infml ) ျဖည္းျဖည္းေဆးေဆး စဥ္းစားေတြးေတာသည္။ ေစ့ေစ့ေတြးသည္။ chew over a problem ❍ I'll give you till tomorrow to chew it over.

Examples

  1. High-fibre foods take longer to chew.
  2. [chew on] : He was chewing on his meat as if he found it hard to swallow.
  3. We’re not allowed to chew gum in class.