chewing

(Anglès)

Verb

present participle and gerund of chew

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
2. (countable, uncountable) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
3. (countable, uncountable) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.

chew

• Verb
• Noun

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Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: chewynge

Heretat de anglès antic: *ċēowende

Heretat de anglès mitjà: chewyng

Heretat de anglès antic: ċīwung

In summary

From Middle English chewynge, chewand, from Old English *ċēowende, from Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), equivalent to chew + -ing.

Conceptes

masticació

Sinònims

mastication

masticatory

manducatory

chew

rumination

eating

manduction

nibbling

grind

mill

morsel

bit

pulverisation

pulverization