chewing

incontable

A noun referring to the act of biting and grinding food in the mouth to soften it for swallowing.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que denota la acción de masticar y triturar los alimentos en la boca para ablandarlos antes de tragarlos.

1. Mastication A2 formal

   The act of biting and grinding food in the mouth to soften it for swallowing.

   • Proper chewing is essential for good digestion.
   • The baby is learning the motion of chewing.
   • He was chewing his food slowly and carefully.

   🇪🇸Masticación

   Sinónimos: mastication

• chewings plural form
• chewings' possessive plural form
• chewing's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of crushing or grinding food with the teeth before swallowing.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que describe la acción de morder y triturar la comida con los dientes antes de tragarla, o de morder algo de forma repetida sin tragarlo.

1. Crush food with teeth A1 formal

   To bite and grind food in the mouth to make it easier to swallow.

   • Chew your food thoroughly before swallowing.
   • The baby is learning to chew solid foods.
   • He chewed the steak slowly.

   🇪🇸Masticar

   Sinónimos: bitechompcrunchgnawgrindmasticatemunch

2. Bite repeatedly A2 informal

   To bite something repeatedly, often without swallowing it.

   • She nervously chewed her fingernails.
   • The dog chewed on a bone for hours.
   • He chewed the end of his pen while thinking.

   🇪🇸Masticar repetidamente

   Sinónimos: bitechampchompcrunchgnawmasticatemunchnibble

3. Think about something B2 informal

   To think about something carefully or consider it over time.

   • I need some time to chew on your proposal.
   • He chewed over the problem all night.
   • Let me chew on that idea for a while.

   🇪🇸masticar (una idea)

   Sinónimos: cogitateconsidercontemplatedeliberatemeditatemullmuseponderreflectruminate

• chewed past participle
• chewed past simple
• chewing present participle
• chews third person singular

Variantes phrasal: chew outchew overchew up