przeżuwać — meaning in English

English meaning

• chew verb To repeatedly bite and grind food with the teeth before swallowing.
• ruminate verb To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

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 To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
2. verb To meditate or reflect.
3. verb To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

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