"chewing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chewings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chewyng}} Middle English chewyng, {{inh|en|ang|ċīwung}} Old English ċīwung, {{af|en|chew|-ing}} chew + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chewing (countable and uncountable, plural chewings)
  1. The act by which something is chewed on; mastication. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act by which something is chewed): μάσησις (másēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek)
    Sense id: en-chewing-en-noun-QLXksELt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 5 41 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 46 11 35 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 5 36 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 4 39 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 2 40 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 44 10 36 10 Disambiguation of 'the act by which something is chewed': 96 1 3
  2. (drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chewing-en-noun-1zQXKbUZ Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  3. (drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Tobacco
    Sense id: en-chewing-en-noun-EPM4I1cK Disambiguation of Tobacco: 28 13 56 3 Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: betelchewing, chewing ball, chewing gum, chewingly, chewing sponge, gumchewing, nonchewing, scenery-chewing
Etymology number: 2

Verb

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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chewynge}} Middle English chewynge, {{inh|en|ang|*ċēowende}} Old English *ċēowende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kewwandz}} Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kewwaną|t=to chew}} Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), {{af|en|chew|-ing}} chew + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} chewing
  1. present participle and gerund of chew Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: chew
    Sense id: en-chewing-en-verb-FteCmdp6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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