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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chew on en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, on.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To consider, to ponder.
    • Once you chew on it that way, you start thinking, jeez, maybe QAnon was almost inevitable. 2020 September 22, Clive Thompson, “QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game”, in Wired, →ISSN:

Forms

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chews on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chewing on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chewed on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chewed on Tense=Past lexicographic