chew

Object

• gum: I gave them a stick of chewing gum between them for their trouble.
• cud: They ate nothing of the flesh without a split hoof, or that didn't chew a cud.
• tobacco: The best way to avoid these cancers is to never start smoking or chewing tobacco in any form.
• mouthpart: If the leaves have been chewed on, then the list of culprits can be narrowed down to insects with chewing mouthparts.
• mouthful: Eat at a calm, unhurried pace, chewing each mouthful thoroughly.
• fat: Taking me to task or just chewing the fat?

Preposition: through

cable: I hope the parrot isn't attempting to chew through the TV power cable again.

Modifying Another Word

• slowly: It was all she could do to chew slowly, without the strength even to open her eyes.
• thoroughly: An inspection in June had found the tripod disturbed and the guy ropes thoroughly chewed - probably by passing deer.
• properly: Feeding a baby aged six to eight months At six to eight months, babies are now able to chew properly.
• sometimes: Even the root, which possesses mildly narcotic properties, is sometimes chewed.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• over: Been chewing over whether to take up the big zine summons or not.
• through: It has been known for pets to chew through to the bare wires.
• off: Foxes are known to have chewed off their own limbs to escape snares.
• up: We are all chewed up with sadness at the loss of a woman who wasn't even our mother.

Followed by a transitive particle

• over: I had a chance to chew over this subject with some old soldiers gathered together at a local D-Day commemoration.
• up: Your chewed up food then gets mashed up by the strong muscles in your stomach.
• off: PC loves catnip and kept grabbing Mandy's hand so that he could chew the nip off of it.

Preposition: of

gum: Elizabeth Aveling explains The chewing of gum is often thought of as a modern habit, imported to Europe from America this century.

Noun used with modifier

dog: If the dog chews the lead during a settle, spray the lead with bitter apple.