chewing

incontável

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a ação de mastigar e triturar os alimentos na boca para amolecê-los antes de engolir. Também pode se referir ao ato de mascar algo repetidamente, como chiclete ou tabaco.

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.

   🇵🇹Mastigação

   Sinônimos: 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 usado para indicar a ação de triturar ou mastigar alimentos com os dentes antes de engolir.

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.

   🇵🇹Mastigar

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Mastigar

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Refletir sobre algo

   Sinônimos: cogitateconsidercontemplatedeliberatemeditatemullmuseponderreflectruminate

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

Variantes phrasal: chew outchew overchew up