rechew

rechew verb: to chew again.

Verb

rechew (third-person singular simple present rechews, present participle rechewing, simple past and past participle rechewed)

To chew again.
- Nor could He (as some Beasts rechew their meat,
  To cause the same the better to disgest)
  Rechew this Bread,1609, John Davies, The Holy Roode, London: N. Butter
- When nibbling Sheep at large pursue their Food,
  And unmolested Kine rechew the Cud;1713, Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, “A Nocturnal Reverie”, in Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions, London: J.B, page 292
(figuratively) To go over or ponder again.
- His mind insisted on rechewing its doubts, rather than engage in constructive thought.1941, Robert A. Heinlein, “They”, in Rod Serling’s Other Worlds, New York: Bantam, published 1978, page 17
- […] his disease is mostly impatience with contemporary trends in art and literature that have passed him by. And so he rechews the classics, “which those ignorant fellows never bothered to read,” […]1989, Claire Nicolas White, chapter 17, in Fragments of Stained Glass, San Francisco: Mercury House, page 168

পুনরায় চিবানো

The sailor now drew from the receptacle just named a dirty piece of folded paper, deeply impregnated with the perfume of stale and oft rechewed quids of coarse tobacco;1832, John Richardson, chapter 12, in Wacousta, volume 2, London: T. Cadell, page 316:
The harder Small sang, the harder the cow chewed and the faster she twiddled her ears around as if stirring the song into the food to be rechewed in cud along with her breakfast.1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
Drained of every fresh fact, they went right on reporting anyway, chewing and rechewing the same small chunks of news.2012, Karen Thompson Walker, chapter 3, in The Age of Miracles, New York: Random House, page 14:

third-person singular present	rechews
present participle	rechewing
past participle	rechewed
past	rechewed

From re- + chew.

What does rechew mean?: Rechew means to chew again.
What is rechew in Bengali?: Rechew in Bengali is পুনরায় চিবানো. See Rechew meaning in Bengali.
How do you use rechew in a sentence?: The sailor now drew from the receptacle just named a dirty piece of folded paper, deeply impregnated with the perfume of stale and oft rechewed quids of coarse tobacco;
What part of speech is rechew?: Rechew is a verb.
What is the past tense of rechew?: The past tense of rechew is rechewed.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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