chew up

• Verbo frasal que significa triturar ou mastigar algo com os dentes, ou danificar ou destruir algo completamente.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. To crush or grind with teethinformal

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

   Mastigar

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

   Sinônimoschampchewchompcrushgrindmanducatemasticate

2. To damage or destroyinformal

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

   Destruir

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdestroymanglemaulshredtear apartwreck

   Antônimosfixmendpreserverepairrestore

3. To consume or use up quicklyinformal

   To use something rapidly or wastefully.

   Consumir rapidamente

   • 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.

   Sinônimosconsumedevoureat upgobble uprun throughuse up

   Antônimosconservehusbandpreservesavespare

Verbo basechew