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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

  1. verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
  2. verb Informal: to think something over carefully.
  3. noun A soft sweet, or a small toy or treat meant to be chewed.

crush — full definition

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

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