przeżuwać — meaning in English

English meaning

• chew verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
• ruminate verb If an animal such as a cow does this, it brings food back up from its stomach to chew it again.

Senses

przeżuwać is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• chew the cud (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.
• ruminate (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

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.

ruminate — full definition

1. verb If an animal such as a cow does this, it brings food back up from its stomach to chew it again.
2. verb To ponder or reflect.
3. verb To think deeply about or reflect on; to mull over.

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