mor|sel

mor|sel
mor|sel «MR suhl», noun, verb, -seled, -sel|ingor (especially British) -selled, -sel|ling.
–n.
1. a small bite; mouthful: »

having not eaten a morsel for some hours (Jonathan Swift). Take a morsel of our bread and cheese (Hawthorne).

2. a small piece; fragment; bit; scrap: »

a morsel of chalk, a morsel of earth.

 SYNONYM(S): mite, particle.
3. a dish of food; tidbit: »

a dainty morsel.

4. Figurative. something to be enjoyed, disposed of, or endured: »

to find a person a tough morsel. This decision was a bitter morsel.

–v.t.
to divide into small pieces; distribute (property) in small parcels.
╂[< Old French morsel (diminutive) < mors a bite, ultimately < Latin mordēre to bite]

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