chewing
VerbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von chewpresent participle and gerund of chew
The goat is chewing on your shirt!
Herkunft
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.
Substantiv
- 1
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
And while the dog and the cat buses suffered considerable damage from the trapped animals' excretions, clawings, and chewings, the bus with the skunk was declared unsalvageable.
- 2
The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
- 3
The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
Herkunft
From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
Formen
- Plural
- chewings
chewing · The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
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