Thesaurus: gnaw

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1. v. t. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.
2. v. t. To bite in agony or rage.
3. v. t. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
4. 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.
5. v. bite or chew on with the teeth
6. v. become ground down or deteriorate
7. 1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden. 2. To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10. 3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. Sir P. Sidney.
8. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as ineating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, orunmanageable.I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. SirP. Sidney.
9. v:100 v. bite or chew on with the teeth