Commentary: Includes figurative uses.
Examples:
Always chew your food 30 times before swallowing.
This meat is hard to chew.
He's so tough he chews nails.
It's sad that he's totally under the thumb of Katie, who will chew him up and spit him out.
Mappings:
VerbNet: chew-39.2-1
FrameNet: Grinding
PropBank: chew.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Includes: CHEW OUT.
Examples:
Josh was chewed out by his teacher for passing notes in class.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
chew_up
chew_out 1
Examples:
The idea of involving a better representation of society was chewed over.
For too long scholars have chewed over the wrong question.
The case will be chewed over by television pundits for days.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
chew_over 1
Examples:
Those old men could chew the fat for hours.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
chew_the_fat 1