Dictionary Entry
gnaw
gnaw is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To bite in agony or rage.
- 3transitive verb
To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
- 4intransitive verb
To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.
- 5verb
become ground down or deteriorate
"Her confidence eroded"
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- 6verb
bite or chew on with the teeth
"gnaw an old cracker"
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