Definition of Chew over

1. Verb. Reflect deeply on a subject. "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"


Definition of Chew over

1. Verb. To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chew Over

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chevroning
chevrons
chevronwise
chevrony
chevrotain
chevrotains
chevvy
chevy
chevying
chew
chew off
chew on
chew on the scenery
chew out
chew over (current term)
chew the cud
chew the fat
chew the scenery
chew toys
chew up
chew up the scenery
chewability
chewable
chewed
chewed over
chewed the fat
chewer
chewers

Literary usage of Chew over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To RUMINATE, (rpo'-me-nate) va To chew over again ; to muse on ; to meditate over and over again. RUMINATOR, (roo-me-na'-tur) ni One that considers or ..."

2. Mark Twain's Letters by Mark Twain (1917)
"... too) as to imagine that I or any other literary man in his senses would consent to chew over old stuff that had already been in print. ..."

3. Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by James Donald, William Chambers (1878)
"... vi to bring the food from the paunch to chew it over again ; to chew the cud: to meditate.—vt to chew over again: to muse on;—pr.p. nominating; ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1904)
"... —being a " one-mealer,"—and Lieutenant Gallegher drew a package of " fine-cut" from his hip-pocket, and sat down to chew over his doubts of Brunton. ..."

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