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

1. 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.
2. transitive verb. To bite in agony or rage.
3. transitive verb. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
4. intransitive verb. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.
5. verb. become ground down or deteriorate

   "Her confidence eroded"

   Synonyms: erode

6. verb. bite or chew on with the teeth

   "gnaw an old cracker"

Synonyms

erode

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gnaw:

gawn, wang

Common word forms

gnaws, gnawed, gnawer, gnawing, gnawable

Words from these letters

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