Synonyms of chewed

chewed

verb

past tense of chew

as in masticated

to crush or grind with the teeth

please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• masticated
• ate
• nibbled
• chawed
• gnawed (on)
• consumed
• crunched (on)
• munched
• chomped (on)
• swallowed
• bit (on)
• champed
• snacked
• ruminated
• devoured
• ingested
• sank one's teeth into
• scoffed
• picked (at)
• gulped
• scarfed
• wolfed
• noshed
• mumbled
• gobbled (up or down)
• gorged
• pecked (at)
• gummed
• bolted
• nipped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chewed

Her hair, barely brown, hung straight and appeared to be chewed at the ends. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Earlier this month, intense waves from Hurricane Marie damaged beachfront homes in parts of Southern California and chewed away at beaches. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Riley added a 5-yard touchdown run to end a 15-play drive that chewed nearly eight minutes off the clock in the second quarter. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

And in Handbrake rendering tests, our 4K video clip got chewed through in a mere 87 seconds. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

The part that was chewed was the part that goes over your instep, a kind of flap or lip. — Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

His clawed and chewed backpack revealed that he, too, could have been critically injured. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Chunks of concrete were flung into a nesting and migration site important to some endangered species and a fire chewed through around 4 acres of Boca Chica State Park Land south of the Texas launchpad. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

That is to say nothing of periodic smaller disasters, such as last year’s Texas floods that engulfed young campers; the Los Angeles wildfires that chewed through entire neighborhoods; and Typhoon Kalmaegi, which walloped Vietnam and the Philippines. — Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026