chewing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
  2. verb chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

chew, mastication, manduction

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