chewing up
Grinding with teeth
Chewing up is the progressive form of chew up, which means to crush or grind something thoroughly with the teeth.
Beyond literal mastication, it describes anything that damages, destroys, or consumes aggressively: The lawnmower was chewing up rocks along with the grass.
A grueling schedule can be chewing up your free time, or a tough opponent might be chewing up the competition.
The phrase suggests relentless, grinding destruction rather than quick elimination.
- digestingProcessing consumed food
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- munchingChewing food steadily
- chompingChewing loudly or eagerly
- masticateCrush food orally
grinding · obliterating · ravaging · crushing · tearing · tearing apart · exhausting · nibbling · shredding · pulverizing · overwhelming · annihilating · consuming · gnawing · eroding · wearing down · decomposing · milling
chewing uprepairing
Restoring broken items
restoring · fixing · rebuilding · preserving · protecting
chewing upconserving
Protecting from depletion
saving · preserving · generating · producing · creating