gnaw

gnaw has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To bite in agony or rage.
• v. t.. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
• v. i.. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.
• v.. become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
• v.. bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"