gnaw
Meaning of gnaw
verb
- To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
- To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
- To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Information about gnaw
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of gnaw is: gnaws.
- Languages in which gnaw is used:
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Hyphenation of gnaw
gnaw
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- gnaw is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
gnaw synonyms
Meaning erode:
Translation of gnaw
- French: ronger
- German: abnagen
- Italian: rodere, rosicchiare
- Spanish: roer
Anagrams of gnaw
Words that rhyme with gnaw
begnaw, ignaw, ungnaw, undergnaw, outgnaw
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