Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chew the rag
Participle: chewed the rag
Gerund: chewing the rag
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chew the rag |
| you | chew the rag |
| he;she;it | chews the rag |
| we | chew the rag |
| you | chew the rag |
| they | chew the rag |
Perfect
| I | have chewed the rag |
| you | have chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | has chewed the rag |
| we | have chewed the rag |
| you | have chewed the rag |
| they | have chewed the rag |
Past
| I | chewed the rag |
| you | chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | chewed the rag |
| we | chewed the rag |
| you | chewed the rag |
| they | chewed the rag |
Pluperfect
| I | had chewed the rag |
| you | had chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | had chewed the rag |
| we | had chewed the rag |
| you | had chewed the rag |
| they | had chewed the rag |
Future
| I | will chew the rag |
| you | will chew the rag |
| he;she;it | will chew the rag |
| we | will chew the rag |
| you | will chew the rag |
| they | will chew the rag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chewed the rag |
| you | will have chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | will have chewed the rag |
| we | will have chewed the rag |
| you | will have chewed the rag |
| they | will have chewed the rag |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chew the rag |
| you | chew the rag |
| he;she;it | chew the rag |
| we | chew the rag |
| you | chew the rag |
| they | chew the rag |
Perfect
| I | have chewed the rag |
| you | have chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | have chewed the rag |
| we | have chewed the rag |
| you | have chewed the rag |
| they | have chewed the rag |
Imperfect
| I | chewed the rag |
| you | chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | chewed the rag |
| we | chewed the rag |
| you | chewed the rag |
| they | chewed the rag |
Pluperfect
| I | had chewed the rag |
| you | had chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | had chewed the rag |
| we | had chewed the rag |
| you | had chewed the rag |
| they | had chewed the rag |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chew the rag |
| you | would chew the rag |
| he;she;it | would chew the rag |
| we | would chew the rag |
| you | would chew the rag |
| they | would chew the rag |
Perfect
| I | would have chewed the rag |
| you | would have chewed the rag |
| he;she;it | would have chewed the rag |
| we | would have chewed the rag |
| you | would have chewed the rag |
| they | would have chewed the rag |
Imperative
| you | chew the rag |
| we | Let's chew the rag |
| you | chew the rag |
Verbs conjugated like 'chew'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chew'
chaw,
chef,
chow,
clew,
crew,
hew,
thew,
whew,
ache,
brew,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. O.E.
ceowan "to bite, chew," from W.Gmc.
*keuwjanan, from PIE base
*gjeu- "to chew." To
chew (someone) out is military slang from World War II.
Chewing gum is 1850, Amer.Eng., originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.
2. From Middle English chewen, from Old English ċēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with West Frisian kôgje, Low German käwwen, Dutch kauwen, German kauen; also Latin gingīva (“gums”), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“to eat”), Polish żuć (“to chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto ژُوَل (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”). See: Middle English '
chewen', Proto-Germanic '
*kewwaną', Low Saxon 'käwwen', Dutch '
kauwen', German, old spelling '
kauen', Polish '
żuć'.
Verbs referencing "chew"
German, old spelling
kauen, Norwegian, nynorsk
tyggja, Danish
tygge, German, Pennsylvania
tschaae, Alemannic German
chüüwe, Cimbrian khòjan.
Sample Sentences
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As Washington may be called the head-quarters of tobacco-tinctured saliva, the time is come when I must confess, without any disguise, that the prevalence of those two odious practices of chewing and expectorating began about this time to be anything but agreeable, and soon became most offensive and sickening. In all the public places of America, this filthy custom is recognised. In the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and re-refresh before a spot was dry. This being before breakfast, rather disposed me, I confess, to nausea; but looking attentively at one of the expectorators, I plainly saw that he was young in chewing, and felt inwardly uneasy, himself. A glow of delight came over me at this discovery; and as I marked his face turn paler and paler, and saw the ball of tobacco in his left cheek, quiver with his [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] glow of delight came over me at this discovery; and as I marked his face turn paler and paler, and saw the ball of tobacco in his left cheek, quiver with his suppressed agony, while yet he spat, and chewed, and spat again, in emulation of his older friend, I could have fallen on his neck and implored him to go on for hours.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the comprehensive jaws of America. In this form, the weed looks like the oil-cake on which we fatten cattle; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Many of the gentlemen passengers were far from particular in respect of their linen, which was in some cases as yellow as the little rivulets that had trickled from the corners of their mouths in chewing, and dried there. Nor was the atmosphere quite free from zephyr whisperings of the thirty beds which had just been cleared away, and of which we were further and more pressingly reminded by the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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He always chews and always spits, and never encumbers himself with a pocket-handkerchief. The consequences to the box passenger, especially when the wind blows towards him, are not agreeable.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] water on the table: to which refreshment the moody passengers do so apply themselves that they would seem to be, one and all, keen patients of Dr. Sangrado. Among them is a very little boy, who chews tobacco like a very big one; and a droning gentleman, who talks arithmetically and statistically on all subjects, from poetry downwards; and who always speaks in the same key, with exactly the same [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ The Bible was my _mother’s_ book, ” said St. Clare. “ By it she lived and died, and I would be very sorry to think it did. I'd as soon desire to have it proved that my mother could drink brandy, chew tobacco, and swear, by way of satisfying me that I did right in doing the same. It wouldn't make me at all more satisfied with these things in myself, and it would take from me the comfort of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)