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rechewing

rechewing is the present participle and gerund of rechew.

Meaning of rechew

Verb

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

  1. 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
  2. (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

Questions about rechewing

What is rechewing the present participle and gerund of?
Rechewing is the present participle and gerund of rechew.

Words near rechewing in the dictionary

  1. recherche du temps perdu
  2. recherché
  3. Reches
  4. rechew
  5. rechewed
  6. rechewing
  7. rechews
  8. rechill
  9. rechilled
  10. rechilling
  11. rechills

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