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noun
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of chew
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chew, mastication, manduction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of state
Narrower terms: chomping, mumbling, gumming, rumination
History
From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
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.
Across languages
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