Past tense of chew
regular verb
The past tense of chew is chewed. The past participle is also chewed.
Forms of chew
| Base form (V1) | chew /tʃuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chewed /t͡ʃuːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | chewed /t͡ʃuːd/ |
| Present participle | chewing |
| Third person singular | chews /t͡ʃuːz/ |
Chewed in a sentence
- The harsh desert wind and sand had chewed the stump into ragged strips of wood.
- The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.
- His social skills are nonexistent: he chewed with his mouth open all through dinner.From the entry nonexistent
- The girls round the table chewed moonishly, wrapped in their morning stupor.From the entry moonishly
- His dad chewed him out after seeing his poor grades.From the entry chew out
Meaning of chew
- verb 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.
- verb To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
- verb The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
Questions about the past tense of chew
- What is the past tense of chew?
- The past tense of chew is chewed.
- What is the past participle of chew?
- The past participle of chew is chewed.
- Is chew a regular or irregular verb?
- Chew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chew (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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