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- Dictionarygnaw/nô/
verb
- 1. bite at or nibble something persistently: "watching a dog gnaw at a big bone" Similar
- 2. cause persistent and wearing distress or anxiety: "the doubts continued to gnaw at me" Similar
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The meaning of GNAW is to bite or chew on with the teeth; especially : to wear away by persistent biting or nibbling. How to use gnaw in a sentence.
to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it: Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething. gnaw on A dog lay under the table, gnawing on a bone. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to chew food.
to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it: Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething. gnaw on A dog lay under the table, gnawing on a bone. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to chew food. chew Make sure you chew your food thoroughly. bite She bit into the apple.
To gnaw is to bite or chew. Your favorite food might be corn on the cob, because you love to gnaw along each row of kernels. To gnaw also means to deteriorate or wear away as if by gnawing with the teeth.
Gnaw definition: to bite or chew on, especially persistently.. See examples of GNAW used in a sentence.
If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems. American English : gnaw / ˈnɔ /
1. a. To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth. b. To produce by gnawing: gnaw a hole. c. To erode or diminish gradually as if by gnawing: waves gnawing the rocky shore. 2. To afflict or worry persistently: fear that constantly gnawed me. v.intr. 1. To bite or chew persistently: The dog gnawed at the bone. 2.
gnaw at/on something She gnawed at her fingernails. gnaw away at/on something (figurative) Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence. Definition of gnaw verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To produce a biting, consuming, corroding, eroding, tormenting, etc. effect. Waves gnawed away at the shore; guilt gnawed at his conscience. Webster's New World. To erode or diminish gradually as if by gnawing. Waves gnawing the rocky shore. American Heritage. To bite repeatedly. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (4)
to bite something with a lot of small bites: He was gnawing on a bone. Phrasal verbs. gnaw at sb. (Definition of gnaw from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of gnaw. in Chinese (Traditional) 咬, 咬，嚙，啃（通常指啃出孔洞或逐漸啃壞）, 感到擔憂… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 咬, 咬，啮，啃（通常指啃出孔洞或逐渐啃坏）, 感到担忧… See more. in Spanish.
