chewing

Meaning

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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Synonyms

mastication

masticatory

manducatory

chew

rumination

eating

manduction

nibbling

grind

mill

morsel

bit

pulverisation

pulverization

Translations

Kauen

masticación

masticazione

mastication

mastigação

mâcher

masticació

μάσηση

kauend

kauwen

mâchement

mâchant

bocado

çiğneme

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chewynge

Inherited from Old English: *ċēowende

Inherited from Middle English: chewyng

Inherited from Old English: 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.