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Definition of gnaw:
- To bite in agony or rage.
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms:
chew, eat away, eat at, chomp, champ, bite, whittle away, attack, gnash, wear off, fret, masticate, corrode, champ, eat, gnaw at, ingestion, wear, whittle down, bite, erode, wear away.
Usage examples:
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Wait, though, at last in their desperation they did gnaw the tallow candles, and that served to keep them alive, and, in a measure, alleviate their awful sufferings from thirst.
- "Tom Swift and his Air Glider or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure", Victor Appleton. -
20 With far- fetch'd dainties he regal'd his maw, And prais'd the various meats that crown'd the board: On tender capons did the glutton gnaw, And well his platter with profusion stor'd.
- "The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III)", Philip Freneau. -
And then the question began to gnaw at me.
- "The Light of Scarthey", Egerton Castle.