Definition of gnaw

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Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

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Arrosion :: Arrosion (n.) A gnawing.
Gnawed :: Gnawed (imp. & p. p.) of Gna.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..
Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing.
Knaw :: Knaw (v. t.) See Gnaw.
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. i.) To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To bite in agony or rage.
Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) One who, or that which, gnaws..
Begnawed :: Begnawed (p. p.) of Begna.
Mousehole :: Mousehole (n.) A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse..
Erose :: Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed..
Gnew :: Gnew () imp. of Gnaw.
Gnow :: Gnow (imp.) Gnawed.
Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To gnaw all over, or on all sides..
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae..
Gnawing :: Gnawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gna.
Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) A rodent.
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