Plural of chew
regular plural
The plural of chew is chews.
Forms of chew
| Singular | chew /tʃuː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | chews /t͡ʃuːz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Chews in a sentence
- Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.
- The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.
- My dog always chews up my daughter's teddy bears.From the entry chew up
- Lucy rolls her eyes as she chews the life out of a Wotsit.2015, Jonathan Harvey, “Natalie”, in The Secrets We Keep, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry wotsit
- As one chews, it starts to expand, until suffocation starts to seem like a real possibility.2006, Leo Carey, “Yakitori Totto; Tables for two”, in The New Yorker, page 14. From the entry mekabu
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 plural of chew
- What is the plural of chew?
- The plural of chew is chews.
- Is chew countable?
- Chew is a countable and uncountable noun.
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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