Complete Definition of "gnaw"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/n��/
audio|en-us-gnaw.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Verb
en-verb
#transitive to bite something persistently.
#*:Her teeth gnawed at me all night, keeping me twisting and turning from pain.
#intransitive to produce excessive anxiety or worry.
#*:Her comment gnawed at me all night, keeping me twisting and turning in bed.

Derived terms
gnawer
gnawable

Translations
trans-top|to bite something persistently
Albanian: bren
Bosnian: glodati
Breton: krignat
Catalan: rosegar
Croatian: glodati
Czech: hlodat, hryzat
Dutch: knagen
Esperanto: ron�i
Finnish: jyrsiä, jäytää, kalvaa
French: ronger
trans-mid
German: nagen
Hungarian: rág
Italian: rodere
Latin: r�dere
Portuguese: roer
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: глода�и
:Latin: glodati
Spanish: roer
Swedish: gnaga
trans-bottom

et:gnaw
fa:gnaw
io:gnaw
ru:gnaw
te:gnaw
vi:gnaw
uk:gnaw
zh:gnaw

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