James Spader

I think the most significant change in my life is the decision to do a series. An hourlong dramatic television series on a broadcast network swallows you and chews you up and refuses to spit you out. You're making a decision that's going to be a profound and significant impact on the practical aspects of your life.

American Actor

Hong Chau

I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if I did my job and I trust that the other person has done theirs, you just go on set, play around with it, chew the scene for a little bit; then we roll, and that's it.

American Actress

Thor Heyerdahl

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war.

Norwegian Explorer

John Madden

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway.

American Entertainer

Mark Frost

I see my responsibility as to give people something they want to keep turning the pages of and giving people something to chew on, looking at some aspect of human nature that hadn't occurred to them recently.

American Novelist

J. Cole

I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.

American Musician

Rod Steiger

I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.

Lyndon B. Johnson

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

American President

Ozzy Osbourne

You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.

English Musician

Herb Caen

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

American Journalist

Use 'chew' for the action that involves teeth working on food.

Physical action

'Chew' involves manners; it's polite to chew with your mouth closed.

Eating etiquette

'Chew over' means to deeply consider, much like slowly chewing food.

Metaphorical thinking

Use 'chew over' for situations where a problem needs careful thought.

Problem-solving

'Chew someone out' means to criticize angrily and usually at length.

Harsh criticism

People may 'chew someone out' when they're disappointed or upset.

Expressing frustration

As a noun, 'chew' can suggest the noise made during the act.

Sound implication

Use 'chew at' to imply someone is persistently working on a tough task.

Persistent effort

'Chew at' carries a connotation of enduring through a challenge.

Endurance implied

 is to get the hide flexible soft after it dries mostly it's by scraping sometimes chewing on it because what you'll see is you'll actually see it turning the leather like right here if you just chew it a little bit you know the whole days people use to hide all the time saliva actually helps it a lot of people don't get to do

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 oh they've pulled the cable out i don't believe it they're chewing it that's not good at all that's a shame because they just plucked up the courage to come right up to the camera so the camera did give us the opportunity to find out a bit more about them i think from our point of view

Young Hyena Breaks...

 they're hot or sweet or sour or savory then we're also gonna listen to the way that they crack when you start eating them or when you drop them on a surface this is very important you don't want to be that loud guy in the restaurant that chewing on that spice blend last but not

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 chewing is not the problem the problem is swallowing it because it's so slimy and it sticks to your tongue so it's hard to swallow when it's sticking to your tongue that's very difficult sorry guys I tried Ingram is left with a new appreciation for the courage of his

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 They've also been seen to self-medicate, for example, chewing the leaves of medicinal trees to induce labour. These are skills a baby must learn and in turn pass on to the next generation. In fact, the saying an elephant never forgets is not so far from the truth.

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 Plants' defenses start at their surface. The bark covering tree trunks is full of lignin, a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes.

The amazing ways plants...

 To the side. There we go. If I just let it go, he'd keep swallowing it. So, the fact that I pull it to the side makes him use his carnassial teeth, which are the ones that are designed for chewing off chunks of flesh. Dearie me. Just

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 when neither of them can chew solid food anymore. And researchers want to know why. I mean, look -- it doesn't take a double-blind, placebo-controlled study to figure out what makes a marriage not disrespect, boredom,

What you don't know...

 But before the poisons could end his life, a leaf drifted into his mouth. He chewed on it and it revived him, and that is how we discovered tea. Or so an ancient legend goes at least.

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 into the tree branches there they will take up their adult life of leisure well camouflaged solidly chewing leaves giving your offspring a good start in

Chew

To crush or grind food in your mouth using your teeth.

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To think about something at length.

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To criticize someone severely.

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The act of chewing.

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To work steadily at something, especially a difficult task.

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