chew

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kauwen

knagen

overdenken

pruimen

tabakspruim

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

mâcher

masticar

masticare

kauen

mascar

mastiquer

mastigar

mascar

mastegar

croquer

çiğnemek

morder

μασώ

mordiller

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tʃuː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: chewen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ċēowan

Verwant aan Fries: kôgje

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: käwwen

Verwant aan Nederlands: kauwen

Verwant aan Duits: kauen

Verwant aan Latijn: gingīva

Verwant aan Tokharian B: śuwaṃ

Verwant aan Pools: żuć

Verwant aan Perzisch: جویدن

Verwant aan Pasjtoe: ژول

Overgenomen van Middelengels: chew

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *ċēaw

Verwant aan Nederlands: kauw

Verwant aan Nederlands: gekauw

Verwant aan Fries: 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”).