CHEWING
chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
(noun) biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
chewing
present participle of chew
Etymology 2
Noun
chewing (countable and uncountable, plural chewings)
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
(drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
(drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
Source: Wiktionary
CHEW
Chew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.] Etym: [As ceówan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw.]
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6.
Chew, v. i.
Definition: To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. old politicians chew wisdom past. Pope.
Chew, n.
Definition: That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Law]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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