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cher|vil /tʃɜː ^r v I l/ N‑UNCOUNT Chervil is a herb that tastes like aniseed.

Chesh|ire cat /tʃe ʃə ^r kæ t/ PHRASE If someone is grinning like a Cheshire cat or like the Cheshire cat , they are smiling very widely. □  He had a grin on his face like a Cheshire Cat.

chess /tʃe s/ N‑UNCOUNT Chess is a game for two people, played on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent's king cannot escape being taken. □  …the world chess championships.

chess|board /tʃe sbɔː ^r d/ (chessboards ) N‑COUNT A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.

chest ◆◇◇ /tʃe st/ (chests )

1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Your chest is the top part of the front of your body where your ribs, lungs, and heart are. □  He crossed his arms over his chest. □  He was shot in the chest. □  He complained of chest pain.

2 N‑COUNT A chest is a large, heavy box used for storing things. □  At the very bottom of the chest were his carving tools. □  …a treasure chest. □  …a medicine chest.

3 PHRASE If you get something off your chest , you talk about something that has been worrying you. □  I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.

che st com|pre ss|ion N‑VAR Chest compression is the act of applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation. □  Give one breath of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, followed by five chest compressions.

chest|nut /tʃe snʌt/ (chestnuts )

1 N‑COUNT A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. ● N‑UNCOUNT Chestnut is the wood of this tree.

2 → see also horse chestnut

3 N‑COUNT Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts.

4 COLOUR Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour. □  …a woman with chestnut hair. □  …a chestnut mare.

che st of dra wers (chests of drawers ) N‑COUNT A chest of drawers is a low, flat piece of furniture with drawers in which you keep clothes and other things.

chesty /tʃe sti/ ADJ [ADJ n] If you have a chesty cough, you have a lot of mucus in your lungs. [BRIT ]

chev|ron /ʃe vrɒn/ (chevrons ) N‑COUNT A chevron is a V shape. □  The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.

chew /tʃuː / (chews , chewing , chewed )

1 VERB When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. □ [V n] Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well. □ [V + at/on ] Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple. □ [V ] …the sound of his mother chewing and swallowing.

2 VERB If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it. □ [V n] One girl was chewing gum.

3 VERB If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous. □ [V n] He chewed his lower lip nervously.

4 VERB If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth. □ [V n] They pause and chew their pencils. □ [V prep] One owner left his pet under the stairs where the animal chewed through electric cables.

5 PHRASE If you say that someone has bitten off more than they can chew , you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them. □  He bought the old hotel but soon realized he had bitten off more than he could chew.

6to chew the cud → see cud

▸  chew up

1 PHRASAL VERB If you chew food up , you chew it until it is completely crushed or soft. □ [V n P ] I took one of the pills and chewed it up. [Also V P n]