Gnaw

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth.
  • intransitive verb. To produce by gnawing.
  • intransitive verb. To erode or diminish gradually as if by gnawing.
  • intransitive verb. To afflict or worry persistently.
  • intransitive verb. To bite or chew persistently.
  • intransitive verb. To cause erosion or gradual diminishment.
  • intransitive verb. To cause persistent worry or pain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A gnawing.
  • To bite off little by little; bite or scrape away with the front teeth; erode or eat into.
  • To bite upon, as in close thought, vexation, rage, etc.
  • To wear away as if by continued biting; consume; fret; waste.
  • To act by or as if by continual biting away of small fragments or portions.
  • To bite or nibble at the hook, as fish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To bite in agony or rage.
  • transitive verb. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
  • transitive verb. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; -- usually used with at.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To bite something persistently.
  • verb. To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. become ground down or deteriorate
  • verb. bite or chew on with the teeth