🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

chew verb

  /tʃuː/ , /tʃɪʊ̯/ , /tʃʉw/ , /t͡ʃ(j)u/
  • To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
 pureskella, jauhaa

chew noun

  /tʃuː/ , /tʃɪʊ̯/ , /tʃʉw/ , /t͡ʃ(j)u/
  • (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
 karkki, purutupakka
  • (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
 mälli
chew the cud
märehtiä
chew over
kelata, mietiskellä, miettiä, pohdiskella, pohtia
bite off more than one can chew
haukata liian iso pala
chew out
kirkua
Wiktionary Links