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- Dictionarygnaw/nɔː/
verb
- 1. bite at or nibble something persistently: "watching a dog gnaw at a big bone" Similar
- 2. cause persistent distress or anxiety: "the doubts continued to gnaw at me" Similar
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to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it: Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething. gnaw on A dog lay under the table, gnawing on a bone. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to chew food.
1. a. : to bite or chew on with the teeth. especially : to wear away by persistent biting or nibbling. a dog gnawing a bone. b. : to make by gnawing. rats gnawed a hole. 2. a. : to be a source of vexation to : plague. anxiety always gnawing him. b. : to affect like gnawing. hunger gnawing her vitals. 3. : erode, corrode. intransitive verb.
GNAW meaning: 1. to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it…. Learn more.
To gnaw is to bite or chew. Your favorite food might be corn on the cob, because you love to gnaw along each row of kernels.
Definition of gnaw verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Gnaw definition: to bite or chew on, especially persistently.. See examples of GNAW used in a sentence.
If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems. American English : gnaw / ˈnɔ /
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.
To cut, bite, and wear away bit by bit with the teeth. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To make by gnawing. To gnaw a hole. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To produce a biting, consuming, corroding, eroding, tormenting, etc. effect. Waves gnawed away at the shore; guilt gnawed at his conscience.
to bite something with a lot of small bites: He was gnawing on a bone. Phrasal verbs. gnaw at sb. (Definition of gnaw from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of gnaw. in Chinese (Traditional) 咬, 咬，嚙，啃（通常指啃出孔洞或逐漸啃壞）, 感到擔憂… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 咬, 咬，啮，啃（通常指啃出孔洞或逐渐啃坏）, 感到担忧… See more. in Spanish.
