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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

chow down

chow down · chows down · chowed down · chowing down

To eat, especially to eat vigorouslyTo eat, especially to eat vigorously.

» I chowed down on an ant.

Meaning

1 senses

(informal)To eat, especially to eat vigorously.
We're all famished; it's time to chow down.

Examples

1 sentences

I chowed down on an ant.
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Translations

3 languages

Forms

chows down, chowing down, chowed down, chowed down

Base form	chow down · to chow down
3rd person singular	chows down
Present participle	chowing down
Past simple	chowed down
Past participle	chowed down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	chow down
he, she, it	chows down

Past simpleLesson

all persons

chowed down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have chowed down
he, she, it	has chowed down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will chow down

Synonyms

3 synonyms

dig in eat up fall to

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

chorus chow christen ChristianB1 chrome

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