About The Word Gnaw
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Gnaw
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What's The Definition Of Gnaw?
[v] become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[v] bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"; "chewed on a cookie" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gnaw: eat at | erode | gnaw at | wear away Related Terms | Find terms related to Gnaw: ablate | abrade | abrase | afflict | agonize | ail | annoy | badger | bark | bedevil | beleaguer | bite | bother | burn | canker | chafe | champ | chaw | chew | chew the cud | chew up | chomp | consume | convulse | corrode | crucify | crumble | cut | devour | distress | eat | eat away | eat into | erase | erode | excruciate | fester | file | fray | frazzle | fret | gall | give pain | gnash | gnaw away | grate | graze | grind | gripe | gum | harass | harrow | harry | haunt | hector | hurt | inflame | inflict pain | irk | irritate | kill by inches | lacerate | martyr | martyrize | masticate | mouth | mumble | munch | nag | nettle | nibble | nibble away | nip | oxidize | pain | peeve | pester | pierce | pinch | plague | prick | prolong the agony | put to torture | rack | rankle | rasp | raze | rub | rub away | rub off | rub out | ruminate | rust | scour | scrape | scrub | scuff | skin | stab | sting | tease | torment | torture | trouble | tweak | twist | vex | wear | wear away | wear down | worry | wound | wring See Also | bite | chew | crumble | decay | delapidate | jaw | manducate | masticate | seize with teeth Gnaw In Webster's Dictionary \Gnaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gnawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gnawing}.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG.
gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage.
Cf. {Nag} to tease.]
1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily
separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with
effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous
biting with the teeth; to nibble at.
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
--Dryden.
2. To bite in agony or rage.
They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi.
10.
3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
\Gnaw\, v. i. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. --Sir P. Sidney. |
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