Antonyms for chew over
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : choo |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃu |
Definition of chew over
Origin :- Old English ceowan "to bite, gnaw, chew," from West Germanic *keuwwan (cf. Middle Low German keuwen, Dutch kauwen, Old High German kiuwan, German kauen), from PIE root *gyeu- "to chew" (cf. Old Church Slavonic živo "to chew," Lithuanian žiaunos "jaws," Persian javidan "to chew").
- Figurative sense of "to think over" is from late 14c.; to chew the rag "discusss some matter" is from 1885, apparently originally British army slang. Related: Chewed; chewing. To chew (someone) out (1948) probably is military slang from World War II. Chewing gum is by 1843, American English, originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.
- As in muse : verb think about, dream
- As in ruminate : verb think about seriously
- As in speculate : verb think about deeply and theorize
- As in hypothesize : verb speculate
- As in consider : verb turn over in one's mind
- As in contemplate : verb think about seriously; plan
- As in deliberate : verb think about seriously; discuss
- As in examine : verb analyze, test
- As in analyze : verb examine and determine
- The average man will leave terrapin and champagne in a minute to chew over the luxury of feeling abused.
- Extract from : « Old Gorgon Graham » by George Horace Lorimer
- I chew over a phrase like William James's "states of consciousness as such" until I fall asleep.
- Extract from : « The Red Rugs of Tarsus » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
- That move gave 'em something to chew over anyway, and kind of took their minds off what I'd been askin' about Ellery.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- Fie, fie upon the flaccid, castrated century, that has no other use than to chew over again the deeds of the past.
- Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
- As it was, she was left to chew over and over the cud of her mournful anticipations.
- Extract from : « A Rose of a Hundred Leaves » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Synonyms for chew over
- acknowledge
- aim
- allow for
- appraise
- argue
- aspire to
- assay
- assent to
- audit
- bat it around
- be lost in thought
- beat a dead horse
- beat one's brains
- brainstorm
- brood
- brood over
- build castles in air
- call it
- call the turn
- canvass
- case
- cerebrate
- check
- check out
- chew over
- cogitate
- concede
- confab
- conjecture
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- cool out
- criticize
- deal with
- debate
- deliberate
- delve into
- design
- dig into
- dope
- dope out
- dream of
- envisage
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- excogitate
- expect
- explore
- eye
- favor
- feel
- figure
- figure out
- finger
- flirt with
- foresee
- frisk
- get down to brass tacks
- go into
- go over
- go through
- grant
- guess
- guesstimate
- gun
- hammer away at
- hash
- have a hunch
- hazard a
- hazard a guess
- head trip
- hypothesize
- inquire
- inspect
- intend
- interpret
- investigate
- judge
- keep in mind
- kick around
- knock around
- look at
- look over
- look see
- mean
- meditate
- meditate on
- mind
- moon
- mull over
- muse
- muse over
- observe
- parse
- pat down
- percolate
- perpend
- peruse
- pick at
- pipe-dream
- ponder
- pore over
- pour it on
- probe
- propose
- prospect
- prove
- provide for
- psych out
- purpose
- put on thinking cap
- puzzle over
- rack brains
- rack one's brains
- read
- read between lines
- reason
- reckon with
- recognize
- reconnoiter
- reflect
- reflect upon
- regard
- rehash
- research
- resolve
- review
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- run it up flagpole
- run up a flagpole
- scan
- scheme
- scope
- screen
- scrutinate
- scrutinize
- search into
- see
- see about
- sift
- size up
- sort out
- speculate
- spell out
- stew about
- stew over
- study
- subscribe to
- suppose
- surmise
- survey
- suspect
- sweat over
- sweep
- take in
- take into account
- take stock of
- take under advisement
- take up
- talk game
- talk over
- test
- think
- think of
- think out
- think over
- think through
- toss around
- try
- turn over
- use one's head
- vet
- view
- weigh
- winnow
- wonder
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