chavel
chavel · chavels · chavelled · chavelling
To chewTo chew.
/ˈt͡ʃævəl/
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)To chew.
Origin
From Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beaFrom Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz (“jaw”). Doublet of jowl; see there for more.
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Forms
chavels, chavelling, chavelled, chavelled| Base form | chavel · to chavel |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chavels |
| Present participle | chavelling |
| Past simple | chavelled |
| Past participle | chavelled |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.