chewing.
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
Meaning & usage
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
present participle and gerund of chew
The goat is chewing on your shirt!
Where this word comes from
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.
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