chew

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
2. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
3. (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
2. (countable, uncountable) Level of chewiness.
3. (countable, uncountable) A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
4. (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
5. (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
6. (informal, uncountable) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.

Concepts

mâcher

mastiquer

croquer

mordiller

mâchonner

mastication

chiquer

mordre

macher

ronger

tabac à chiquer

avoir des notions de

mâchouiller

boire

🥤

entamer avec les dents

chique

croquet

déchiqueter

grignoter

manger

🍽️

pâte

pruneau

ruminer

déchirer avec les dents

Synonymes

masticate

bite

munch

eat

🍽️

gnaw

champ

crunch

nibble

chaw

manducate

mastication

grind

cud

wad

jaw

chewing

quid

digest

chomp

crush

chew the cud

drink

🥤

plug

ruminate

share

suck

manduction

ingest

cogitate

jointly

kindle

light

marry

chow

chop

meditate

mull

mumble

chewing tobacco

browse

have a smattering of

punish

pups

bite off

reflect

reproach

be chewed

scrunch

chew off

sting

Traductions

masticar

masticare

kauen

mascar

mastigar

kauwen

mascar

mastegar

çiğnemek

morder

μασώ

μάσημα

zerkauen

abnagen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tʃuː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chewen

Hérité de ancien anglais: ċēowan

Appartenant à frison occidental: kôgje

Appartenant à bas-allemand: käwwen

Appartenant à néerlandais: kauwen

Appartenant à allemand: kauen

Appartenant à latin: gingīva

Appartenant à Tokharian B: śuwaṃ

Appartenant à polonais: żuć

Appartenant à persan: جویدن

Appartenant à pachto: ژول

Hérité de moyen anglais: chew

Hérité de ancien anglais: *ċēaw

Appartenant à néerlandais: kauw

Appartenant à néerlandais: gekauw

Appartenant à frison occidental: gekau

In summary

From Middle English chewen, from Old English ċēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with West Frisian kôgje, Low German käwwen, Dutch kauwen, German kauen; also Latin gingīva (“gums”), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“to eat”), Polish żuć (“to chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto ژول (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”).