Gnarl
[nɑːl]
Definition
(verb.) twist into a state of deformity; 'The wind has gnarled this old tree'.
Editor: Rodney--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To growl; to snarl.
(n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Growl, snarl.
Checker: Prudence
Definition
n. a twisted knot in wood.—adj. Gnarled knotty twisted.
Editor: Noreen
Examples
- The palish, gnarled trunks showed ghostly, and like old priests in the hovering distance, the fern rose magical and mysterious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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