Look up: gnaw

1. gnaw
   waste away bite steadily 
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2. gnaw
   [v] - bite or chew on with the teeth
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3. Gnaw
   Gnaw (na) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gnawed (nad); present participle & verbal noun Gnawing .] [ Middle English gnawen , Anglo-Saxon gnagan ; akin to Dutch...
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4. Gnaw
   Gnaw intransitive verb To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. « I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.» Sir P. Sidney.
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5. gnaw
   verb bite or chew on with the teeth; `gnaw an old cracker`
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6. gnaw
   gnaw at verb become ground down or deteriorate; `Her confidence eroded`
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7. Gnaw
   • (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. • (v. t.) To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed;...
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