chewing

Senso (Inglese)

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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Concetti

masticazione

morso

biascicamento

sinonimi

mastication

masticatory

manducatory

chew

rumination

eating

manduction

nibbling

grind

mill

morsel

bit

pulverisation

pulverization

Traduzioni

Kauen

mastication

masticación

μάσηση

masticació

mastigação

mâcher

kauend

kauwen

mâchant

mâchement

bocado

çiğneme

المضغ

tütün parçası

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: chewynge

Ereditato da inglese antico: *ċēowende

Ereditato da inglese medio: chewyng

Ereditato da inglese antico: 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.