chewing

Significado (Inglés)

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

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Conceptos

masticación

bocado

Sinónimos

mastication

masticatory

manducatory

chew

rumination

eating

manduction

nibbling

grind

mill

morsel

bit

pulverisation

pulverization

Traducciones

Kauen

masticazione

mastication

mâcher

μάσηση

mastigação

masticació

mâchant

kauwen

mâchement

kauend

biascicamento

çiğneme

المضغ

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: chewynge

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *ċēowende

Heredado de inglés medio: chewyng

Heredado de inglés antiguo: 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.