āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Nibble
01
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ
a small bite of food
02
āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻĻāĻāĻļāĻ¨
gentle biting
to nibble
01
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to eat small amounts of food often
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She tends to nibble when she's stressed, eating small bites of whatever she can find.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to take small, light bites from something
Transitive: to nibble food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He nibbled the edges of the bread, slowly finishing his snack.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to gently bite, usually as a sign of affection or when feeling nervous
Transitive: to nibble a part of body | to nibble on a part of body
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Feeling nervous, she began to nibble on her fingernails during the exam.
āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
