chew

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

mâcher

masticar

masticare

kauen

mastiquer

mascar

mastigar

kauwen

mascar

mastegar

croquer

çiğnemek

morder

μασώ

Произносится как (IPA)

/tʃuː/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: chewen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: ċēowan

Родственно западнофризский: kôgje

Родственно нижненемецкий: käwwen

Родственно нидерландский: kauwen

Родственно немецкий: kauen

Родственно латинский: gingīva

Родственно Tokharian B: śuwaṃ

Родственно польский: żuć

Родственно персидский: جویدن

Родственно пушту: ژول

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: chew

Унаследовано от староанглийский: *ċēaw

Родственно нидерландский: kauw

Родственно нидерландский: gekauw

Родственно западнофризский: 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”).