chew up

• Verbe à particule signifiant mâcher ou broyer quelque chose avec les dents, ou endommager ou détruire complètement quelque chose.

A phrasal verb meaning to crush or grind something with the teeth, or to damage or destroy something completely.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. To crush or grind with teethinformal

   To break food or something else into smaller pieces using the teeth.

   mâcher

   • The dog chewed up my new shoes.
   • He chewed up the steak before swallowing.
   • Be careful not to chew up the plastic wrapper.

   Synonymeschampchewchompcrushgrindmanducatemasticate

2. To damage or destroyinformal

   To damage something severely, often by tearing or breaking it apart.

   détruire en déchiquetant

   • The machine chewed up the paper into tiny shreds.
   • The storm chewed up the coastline, leaving debris everywhere.
   • The old printer chewed up the document.

   Synonymesdestroymanglemaulshredtear apartwreck

   Antonymesfixmendpreserverepairrestore

3. To consume or use up quicklyinformal

   To use something rapidly or wastefully.

   consommer rapidement

   • The project chewed up all our budget.
   • The new software chewed up a lot of memory.
   • The long commute chewed up most of his free time.

   Synonymesconsumedevoureat upgobble uprun throughuse up

   Antonymesconservehusbandpreservesavespare

Verbe de basechew