chew

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

mastigar

mascar

mastigação

o bocado

o que se mastiga

tabaco de mascar

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

mâcher

masticar

masticare

kauen

mascar

mastiquer

kauwen

mastegar

çiğnemek

croquer

morder

μασώ

mordiller

μάσημα

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tʃuː/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: chewen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: ċēowan

Cognato com frísio ocidental: kôgje

Cognato com baixo alemão: käwwen

Cognato com holandês: kauwen

Cognato com alemão: kauen

Cognato com latim: gingīva

Cognato com Tokharian B: śuwaṃ

Cognato com polonês: żuć

Cognato com persa: جویدن

Cognato com pashto: ژول

Herdado de inglês médio: chew

Herdado de inglês arcaico: *ċēaw

Cognato com holandês: kauw

Cognato com holandês: gekauw

Cognato com frísio ocidental: 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”).