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gnaw  (nô)

v. gnawed, gnaw·ing, gnaws

v.tr.

1.

a. To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth.

b. To produce by gnawing: gnaw a hole. See Synonyms at bite.

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. To cause erosion or gradual diminishment.

3. To cause persistent worry or pain: Hunger gnawed at the prisoners.

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[Middle English gnauen, from Old English gnagan.]

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gnawer n.

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gnaw [nɔː]

vb gnaws, gnawing, gnawed ; gnawed, gnawn [nɔːn]

1. (when intr, often foll by at or upon) to bite (at) or chew (upon) constantly so as to wear away little by little

2. (tr) to form by gnawing to gnaw a hole

3. to cause erosion of (something)

4. (when intr, often foll by at) to cause constant distress or anxiety (to)

n

the act or an instance of gnawing

[Old English gnagan; related to Old Norse gnaga, Old High German gnagan]

gnawable  adj

gnawer  n

gnawing  adj & n

gnawingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	gnaw - bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker" chew, manducate, masticate, jaw - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" bite, seize with teeth - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
	2.	gnaw - become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" eat at, erode, gnaw at, wear away decay, dilapidate, crumble - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

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gnaw

verb

1. bite, chew, nibble, munch Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.

2. distress, worry, trouble, harry, haunt, plague, nag, fret Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind.

3. erode, consume, devour, eat away or into, wear away or down This run of bad luck has gnawed away at his usually optimistic character.

Translations

gnaw [nɔː]

A. VT (= chew, also fig) → roer, carcomer
gnawed by doubts/hunger → atormentado por las dudas/el hambre

B. VI → roer
to gnaw through → roer or carcomer haciendo un agujero en
to gnaw at (lit, fig) → roer

gnaw off VT + ADV → roer

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gnaw [ˈnɔː] vt

(= chew) → ronger

to gnaw at sb [guilt, doubt] → ronger qn

gnaw away

vi [fear, feeling] → ronger
to gnaw away at sb → ronger qn

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gnaw

vt → nagen an (+dat); fingernails also → kauen an (+dat); (rust, disease) → fressen an (+dat); hole → nagen; (fig) person (hunger, anxiety) → quälen; (remorse) → verzehren; to gnaw something off → etw abnagen; the box had been gnawed by the rats → die Ratten hatten die Kiste angenagt

vi → nagen; to gnaw at something → an etw (dat) → nagen; (rust, disease) → sich durch etw fressen; to gnaw at somebody (fig) → jdn quälen; to gnaw on something → an etw (dat) → nagen; to gnaw through something → etw durchnagen

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gnaw [nɔː]

1. vt (chew) → rosicchiare, rodere (fig) (subj, remorse) → rodere; (hunger, pain) → tormentare

2. vi to gnaw through → rosicchiare da una parte all'altra
to gnaw at → rosicchiare (fig) → rodere

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gnaw

v gnaw [noː]

to bite or chew with a scraping movement The dog was gnawing a large bone; The mice have gnawed holes in the walls of this room. knaag, wegknaag, afknibbel يَقرِض، يَقضِم بِصَوت عالي гриза hryzat, okousávat gnave zernagen ροκανίζω roer närima, järama تکه تکه جویدن؛ گاز گاز کردن jyrsiä ronger לכרסם कुतरना, चबाना glodati rág(csál) menggigiti naga rosicchiare, rosicare かじる …을 쏠다, 갉아먹다, 깨물어 끊다 graužti grauzt menggerogot knagen gnage, gumle på gryźć roer a roade грызть (o)hlodávať, ohrýzať, rozhrýzť (iz)glodati glodati gnaga แทะ kemirmek 啃 гризти; підточувати کترنا gặm 啃

adj gnawing

annoying; disturbing a gnawing problem. knaende مُزْعِج، مُضايِق скърцащ hlodající gnavende störend, nervig βασανιστικός, ενοχλητικός corrosivo, punzante; insistente näriv آزار دهنده kalvava מכרסם चिंताजनक ustrajan, mučan marcangoló mengganggu tormentoso さいなむような (육체적, 정신적) 고통, 아픔, 고뇌 kankinantis, graužiantis tirdošs; mokošs yang menyusahkan knagend, kwellend nagende грызущий ťaživý glodajoč uznemirujući gnagande การแทะ üzücü, iç kemirici 惱人的 шарпаючий پریشان کن giày vò 令人讨厌的；烦扰的