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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
gnaw
v 1: bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
2: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Gnaw \Gnaw\, v. i.
To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as
in eating or removing with the teeth something hard,
unwieldy, or unmanageable.
[1913 Webster]
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain
that ties me. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Gnaw \Gnaw\ (n[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n[add]d); 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.
[1913 Webster]
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bite in agony or rage.
[1913 Webster]
They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi.
10.
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3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
[1913 Webster]
4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to
vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts
gnawed at him.
[PJC]
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Thesaurus Results for Gnaw:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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