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# chewy

«chewy» in Mova's school dictionary: **soft but tough or sticky, as in «chewy sweets» or «chewy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (chewy, chewier, chewiest); noun (chewy — Australia, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Needing a lot of chewing because it is soft but tough or sticky, as in «chewy sweets» or «chewy meat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#m1)

2) (Australia, NZ, informal) «Chewy» is slang for chewing gum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In food lessons it describes texture: chewy cookies, chewy toffee, chewy bread crusts. In dental health lessons, sticky chewy sweets can harm teeth. In Australian everyday talk, «Got any chewy?» means «Have you got any gum?».

### examples

- These toffees are very chewy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x1)
- The steak was too chewy to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x2)
- I like chewy cookies more than crunchy ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x3)
- Got any chewy? (Australia, informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x4)
- Chewy sweets can stick to your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x5)
- The bagel was warm and chewy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x6)
- Gummy bears are soft and chewy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/#x7)

### note

Adjective: chew + -y. Comparatives: chewier, chewiest. Opposite textures: crunchy, crispy, tender. In Australia, «chewy» as a noun is uncountable: «some chewy».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chewy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.