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gnaw
[ naw ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- 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.
gnaw
/ ɔː /
verb
- whenintr, 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 gnawing
to gnaw a hole
- to cause erosion of (something)
- whenintr, often foll by at to cause constant distress or anxiety (to)
noun
- the act or an instance of gnawing
Derived Forms
- ˈԲɱ, noun
- ˈԲɾԲ, adjectivenoun
- ˈԲɾԲly, adverb
- ˈԲɲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Բa· adjective
- Բİ noun
- dzܳgԲ verb (used with object) outgnawed outgnawed or outgnawn outgnawing
- ܲd·Բ verb (used with object)
- ܲ·Բɱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gnaw1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gnaw1
Example Sentences
Another part of you frantically tries to embalm the memories, fearing the natural deterioration and gnawing terror of time.
A truly insidious horror film might have found a way to use bloody humor as a nervous grace note to offset what’s tangibly distressing about our gnawing powerlessness.
One man gnaws at a fleshless bone, clearly desperate for food.
Even as it gnaws out its own innards, the United States of America remains the greatest economic and military power in world history, and its collapse will touch literally everyone in the world.
What Haneul remembers most about his time in the North Korean military is the gnawing, continuous hunger.
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