jauhaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chew verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
- crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- grind verb To crush or wear something down into smaller pieces through friction, such as grinding coffee beans.
- masticate verb To chew (usually food).
- mill noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
- pulverise verb To render into dust or powder.
Senses
jauhaa is used for these senses in English:
- blow smoke (idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- chew To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- crush To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- go on (intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- grind To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
- masticate (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.
- mill (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- pulverise (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
chew — full definition
- verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
- verb Informal: to think something over carefully.
- noun A soft sweet, or a small toy or treat meant to be chewed.
crush — full definition
- verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
- noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
- noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.