Gnaw

[nɔː] or [nɔ]

Definition

(verb.) bite or chew on with the teeth; 'gnaw an old cracker'.

Typed by Jaime--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To bite in agony or rage.

(v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

(v. i.) To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.

Checked by Emil

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Bite, nibble, champ, nibble at, keep biting.[2]. Corrode, eat away, wear away.

Checker: Osbert

Definition

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.

Typist: Shelley

Examples

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