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Gnawing
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Example Sentences
- They seem to be gnawing holes through the walls and sneaking in under our secondary coop.
- They bob up and down, their ivory tusks gnawing frigid water.
- It's gross watching anyone gnawing at great lumps of uncut meat.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
2.
to wear away or remove by persistent biting or nibbling.
3.
to form or make by so doing: to gnaw a hole through the wall.
4.
to waste or wear away; corrode; erode.
5.
to trouble or torment by constant annoyance, worry, etc.; vex; plague.
verb (used without object)
6.
to bite or chew persistently: The spaniel gnawed happily on a bone.
7.
to cause corrosion: The acid gnaws at the metal.
8.
to cause an effect resembling corrosion: Her mistake gnawed at her conscience.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gnawen, Old English gnagen; cognate with German nagen, Old Norse gnāga
before 1000; Middle English gnawen, Old English gnagen; cognate with German nagen, Old Norse gnāga
Related forms
gnaw·a·ble, adjective
gnaw·er, noun
out·gnaw, verb (used with object), out·gnawed, out·gnawed or out·gnawn, out·gnaw·ing.
un·der·gnaw, verb (used with object)
un·gnawed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
gnaw
O.E. gnagan (pt. *gnog, pp. gnagan), a common Gmc. word (cf. O.S. gnagan, O.N. gnaga, M.Du. knagen, Ger. nagen), probably imitative of gnawing.
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