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1. (v.t.) gnaw
to bite or chew on, esp. persistently:
The kitten gnawed the slippers.
2. gnaw
to wear away or remove by persistent biting.
3. gnaw
to form by gnawing:
to gnaw a hole.
4. gnaw
to waste or wear away.
5. gnaw
to trouble or torment by constant annoyance; vex; plague.
6. (v.i.) gnaw
to bite or chew persistently.
7. gnaw
to cause corrosion.
8. gnaw
to cause an effect resembling corrosion:
Her mistake gnawed at her conscience.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE gnagen, c. OS
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| Definition of 'gnaw' |
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1. (verb) gnaw
bite or chew on with the teeth
"gnaw an old cracker"
2. (verb) erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
become ground down or deteriorate
"Her confidence eroded"
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1. (verb) gnaw
to chew repeatedly
a dog gnawing on a bone; The beaver gnawed through the tree trunk.
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| Definition of 'gnaw' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) gnaw
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
2. (verb) gnaw
to bite in agony or rage
3. (verb) gnaw
to corrode; to fret away; to waste
4. (verb) gnaw
to use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable
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Sense: to bite or chew with a scraping movement
The dog was gnawing a large bone; The mice have gnawed holes in the walls of this room.
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 Afrikaans: knaag, wegknaag, afknibbe |
 Arabic: يَقرِض، يَقضِم بِصَوت عال |
 Bulgarian: гриза |
 Brazilian: roer |
 Czech: hryzat, okousávat |
 German: zernagen |
 Danish: gnave |
 Greek: ροκανίζω |
 Spanish: roer |
 Estonian: närima, järama |
 Farsi: تکه تکه جویدن؛ گاز گاز کر |
 Finnish: jyrsiä |
 French: ronger |
 Hebrew: לכרסם |
 Hindi: कुतरना, चबाना |
 Croatian: glodati |
 Hungarian: rág(csál) |
 Indonesian: menggigiti |
 Icelandic: naga |
 Italian: rosicchiare, rosicare |
 Japanese: かじる |
 Korean: …을 쏠다, 갉아먹다, 깨물어 끊다 |
 Lithuanian: graužti |
 Latvian: grauzt |
 Malay: menggerogot |
 Dutch: knagen |
 Norwegian: gnage, gumle på |
 Polish: gryźć |
 Persian: تکه تکه جویدن؛ گاز گاز کر |
 Pashto: شكول ( په غاښو)، ژوول، بې |
 Portuguese: roer |
 Romanian: a roade |
 Russian: грызть |
 Slovak: (o)hlodávať, ohrýzať, roz |
 Slovenian: (iz)glodati |
 Serbian: glodati |
 Swedish: gnaga |
 Thai: แทะ |
 Turkish: kemirmek |
 Taiwanese: 啃 |
 Ukrainian: гризти; підточувати |
 Urdu: کترنا |
 Vietnamese: gặm |
 Chinese: 啃 |
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