"gnaw" meaning in Englisch

See gnaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: nɔː Audio: En-us-gnaw.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present gnaw, he gnaws, she gnaws, it gnaws, simple past gnawed, present participle gnawing, past participle gnawed, past participle gnawn
Etymology: von altenglisch gnagan (vergleiche deutsch nagen, mittelniederländisch knagen, altnordisch gnaga).
  1. an etwas nagen; auf/an etwas kauen, knabbern
    Sense id: de-gnaw-en-verb-Gaca-hZ6
  2. an etwas zehren (nagen) Tags: figurative
    Sense id: de-gnaw-en-verb-abq2sIpX
  3. etwas zerfressen
    Sense id: de-gnaw-en-verb-ZwFbl5kT
  4. etwas nagt an jemandem; etwas quält jemanden
    Sense id: de-gnaw-en-verb-Xx7~ExY5
  5. [an] etwas kauen, nagen, fressen; etwas abnagen
    Sense id: de-gnaw-en-verb-f5q6Czna
  6. von etwas geplagt sein Tags: figurative
    Sense id: de-gnaw-en-verb-ZvjsSfP6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chew, deplete, bother Derived forms: gnawer Translations (intransitiv, to gnaw away at something, übertragen: an etwas zehren (nagen)): zehren (Deutsch), zerfressen (Deutsch) Translations (intransitiv, to gnaw on/at something: an etwas nagen; auf/an etwas kauen, knabbern): nagen (Deutsch), kauen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "sense_index": "4",
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      "word": "nagen"
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      "word": "deplete"
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      "sense_index": "4",
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      "sense": "intransitiv, to gnaw on/at something: an etwas nagen; auf/an etwas kauen, knabbern",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nagen"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "intransitiv, to gnaw on/at something: an etwas nagen; auf/an etwas kauen, knabbern",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "kauen"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "intransitiv, to gnaw away at something, übertragen: an etwas zehren (nagen)",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zehren"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "intransitiv, to gnaw away at something, übertragen: an etwas zehren (nagen)",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zerfressen"
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