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[ naw ] / nɔ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gnaw ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.to bite or chew on, especially persistently. to wear away or remove by persistent biting or nibbling. to form or make by so doing: to gnaw a hole through the wall. to waste or wear away; corrode; erode. to trouble or torment by constant annoyance, worry, etc.; vex; plague. verb (used without object), gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.to bite or chew persistently: The spaniel gnawed happily on a bone. to cause corrosion: The acid gnaws at the metal. to cause an effect resembling corrosion: Her mistake gnawed at her conscience. Origin of gnawbefore 1000; Middle English gnawen,Old English gnagen; cognate with German nagen,Old Norse gnāga OTHER WORDS FROM gnawgnaw·a·ble, adjectivegnawer, nounoutgnaw, verb (used with object), out·gnawed, out·gnawed or out·gnawn, out·gnaw·ing.un·der·gnaw, verb (used with object) un·gnawed, adjective Words nearby gnawGnathostoma, gnathostome, gnathostomiasis, -gnathous, gnatty, gnaw, gnawing, gnawn, GNC, gneiss, gneissoid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gnawIn the end, the ethical implications of using a drug to pull statements from otherwise unwilling people began to gnaw. Would Truth Serum Work on James Holmes in the Aurora Shooting Trial?|Kent Sepkowitz|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Upon my word, that ghastly old maid looks just like one of the long worms that will gnaw a beam through, give them time enough. Father Goriot|Honore de Balzac So he said they would leave him in the yard to gnaw his bone, and that then he would probably go away. Jonas on a Farm in Winter|Jacob Abbott After they got ashore, she called her dogs and let them gnaw off the feet and hands of her father while he was asleep. The Central Eskimo|Franz Boas
He secured a hold just under one wing, where the armour of feathers was thinnest, and began to gnaw inwards with his keen fangs. The Secret Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts His tactics were—to live my life, to devour my soul, to gnaw my bones. Zones of the Spirit|August Strindberg
British Dictionary definitions for gnaw
verb gnaws, gnawing, gnawed, gnawed or gnawn (nɔːn)(when intr, often foll by at or upon) to bite (at) or chew (upon) constantly so as to wear away little by little (tr) to form by gnawingto gnaw a hole to cause erosion of (something) (when intr, often foll by at) to cause constant distress or anxiety (to) nounthe act or an instance of gnawing Derived forms of gnawgnawable, adjectivegnawer, noungnawing, adjective, noungnawingly, adverbWord Origin for gnawOld English gnagan; related to Old Norse gnaga, Old High German gnagan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gnawnibble, eat, chomp, annoy, bedevil, nag, irritate, haunt, crunch, erode, consume, munch, gum, corrode, devour, masticate, wear, champ, chaw, distress |