What does gnaw mean?
Definitions for gnaw
nɔgnaw
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Princeton's WordNet
gnawverb
bite or chew on with the teeth
"gnaw an old cracker"
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear awayverb
become ground down or deteriorate
"Her confidence eroded"
GCIDE
Gnawverb
To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts gnawed at him.
Wiktionary
gnawverb
To bite something persistently.
gnawverb
To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Gnawverb
Etymology: gnagan, Saxon; knaghen, Dutch.
To you such scabb’d harsh fruit is giv’n, as raw
Young soldiers at their exercisings gnaw. John Dryden, Juvenal.Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. William Shakespeare, Othello.They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10.
He comely fell, and dying gnaw’d the ground. Dryden.
Gnawing with my teeth my bonds asunder,
I gain’d my freedom. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.Like rotten fruit I fall, worn like a cloth
Gnawn into rags by the devouring moth. George Sandys.A lion, hampered in a net, called to a mouse to help him out of the snare: the mouse gnawed the threads to pieces, and set the lion at liberty. Roger L'Estrange.
His bones clean pick’d; his very bones they gnaw. Dryd.
To Gnawverb
To exercise the teeth.
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties him; but I should sooner mar my teeth than procure liberty. Philip Sidney.
See the hell of having a false woman: my bed shall be abused, my coffers ransacked, my reputation gnawn at. William Shakespeare.
I thought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks,
A thousand men that fishes gnaw’d upon. William Shakespeare, R. III.
Wikipedia
Gnaw
Gnaw is a New York City noise band founded in 2006 by Alan Dubin (of OLD, Khanate), Carter Thornton (of Enos Slaughter and others), Jun Mizumachi (a former live member of Ike Yard) and drummer Jamie Sykes (of Burning Witch). Guitarist/sound designer Brian Beatrice and drummer Eric Neuser later joined the group. The current lineup consists of Dubin, Thornton, Brian Beatrice, Dana Schechter (Insect Ark, Angels of Light, Swans), Robin Fowler (Pants Exploder, Drownyard), and Adam Morosky (Time Ghost). Founding member Mizumachi, while no longer touring, is still a contributing member.
ChatGPT
gnaw
To bite or chew on something persistently, often wearing it down or causing damage over time. This term can also metaphorically refer to continuously worrying or being troubled by something.
Webster Dictionary
Gnawverb
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
Gnawverb
to bite in agony or rage
Gnawverb
to corrode; to fret away; to waste
Gnawverb
to use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable
Etymology: [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gnaw
naw, v.t. to bite so as to make a noise with the teeth: to bite off by degrees: to corrode or wear away: to bite in agony or rage: (fig.) to torment.—v.i. to use the teeth in biting.—n. Gnaw′er, a rodent. [A.S. gnagan; cf. Dut. knagen, Ice. naga, prov. Eng. nag, to tease.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gnaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gnaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of gnaw in a Sentence
Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.
It was surprisingly poor and I think coming on the heels of the Chicago PMI it suggests the stronger dollar was starting to gnaw at the U.S. economy.
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- نخرArabic
- грызціBelarusian
- гризаBulgarian
- krignatBreton
- rosegarCatalan, Valencian
- hryzat, hlodatCzech
- грꙑзтиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- nagenGerman
- ροκανίζωGreek
- ronĝiEsperanto
- roerSpanish
- jäytää, kalvaa, jyrsiäFinnish
- rongerFrench
- roerGalician
- כִּרְסֵםHebrew
- rágHungarian
- կրծելArmenian
- nagaIcelandic
- rosicchiare, rodere, rosicare, mordicchiareItalian
- 齧るJapanese
- 쏠다Korean
- rōdōLatin
- kost, krimstLatvian
- kunāwheaMāori
- гризаMacedonian
- knagenDutch
- rodejarOccitan
- gryźćPolish
- morder, roerPortuguese
- roadeRomanian
- глодать, грызтьRussian
- arroere, roere, rodereSardinian
- glodati, глодатиSerbo-Croatian
- hrýzť, hlodaťSlovak
- gristiSlovene
- brenAlbanian
- gnagaSwedish
- kemirmekTurkish
- гризтиUkrainian
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