Sekirov Dictionary

gnaw

/nɔː/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 7
phrases 1

verb3

•
To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
- The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
•
To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
- Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
•
To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
- VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a scarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […] — 1637

noun1

•
The act of gnawing.
- have a gnaw of a bone

forms

gnawed · gnew · gnawn · gnawing · gnaweth · gnaws · gnawest

Phrases with gnaw

gnaw someone's vitals
To deeply trouble (someone).

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