"gnaw" meaning in English

See gnaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nɔː/ [UK], /nɔ/ [US], /nɑ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-gnaw.ogg Forms: gnaws [plural]
enPR: nô [UK], nô [US], nä [cot-caught-merger] Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Middle English gnawen, gnaȝen, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą. Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gnawen}} Middle English gnawen, {{inh|en|ang|gnagan}} Old English gnagan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gnaganą}} Proto-Germanic *gnaganą, {{cog|nl|knagen}} Dutch knagen, {{cog|de|nagen}} German nagen, {{cog|da|gnave|t=to gnaw}} Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), {{cog|nb|gnage}} Norwegian Bokmål gnage, {{cog|nn|gnaga}} Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, {{cog|sv|gnaga}} Swedish gnaga, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰnēgʰ-|t=to gnaw, scratch}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gnaw (plural gnaws)
  1. the act of gnawing
    Sense id: en-gnaw-en-noun-AB5yE~C2

Verb

IPA: /nɔː/ [UK], /nɔ/ [US], /nɑ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-gnaw.ogg Forms: gnaws [present, singular, third-person], gnawing [participle, present], gnawed [past], gnew [dialectal, past], gnawed [participle, past], gnawn [archaic, participle, past]
enPR: nô [UK], nô [US], nä [cot-caught-merger] Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Middle English gnawen, gnaȝen, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą. Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gnawen}} Middle English gnawen, {{inh|en|ang|gnagan}} Old English gnagan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gnaganą}} Proto-Germanic *gnaganą, {{cog|nl|knagen}} Dutch knagen, {{cog|de|nagen}} German nagen, {{cog|da|gnave|t=to gnaw}} Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), {{cog|nb|gnage}} Norwegian Bokmål gnage, {{cog|nn|gnaga}} Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, {{cog|sv|gnaga}} Swedish gnaga, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰnēgʰ-|t=to gnaw, scratch}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=gnew|past2_qual=dialectal|past_ptc2=gnawn|past_ptc2_qual=archaic}} gnaw (third-person singular simple present gnaws, present participle gnawing, simple past gnawed or (dialectal) gnew, past participle gnawed or (archaic) gnawn)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to bite something persistently): bren (Albanian), τρώγω (trṓgō) (Ancient Greek), نَخَرَ (naḵara) (Arabic), قَضَمَ (qaḍama) (Arabic), قرص (ʔaraṣ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), կրծել (krcel) (Armenian), arod (Aromanian), royer (Asturian), roer (Asturian), ñascar (Asturian), gəmirmək (Azerbaijani), гры́зці (hrýzci) [imperfective] (Belarusian), глада́ць (hladácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), krignat (Breton), гриза́ (grizá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), гло́жда (glóžda) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), တွပ် (twap) (Burmese), rosegar (Catalan), kitkit (Cebuano), ᎠᏍᎪᎩᎠ (asgogia) (Cherokee), (kěn) (Chinese Mandarin), (yǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), (shì) (Chinese Mandarin), hlodat [imperfective] (Czech), hryzat [imperfective] (Czech), gnave (Danish), knagen (Dutch), ronĝi (Esperanto), jyrsiä (Finnish), jäytää (Finnish), kalvaa (Finnish), ronger (French), roseâ (Friulian), roer (Galician), rillar (Galician), nagen (German), kauen (German), knabbern (German), ροκανίζω (rokanízo) (Greek), כִּרְסֵם (kirsém) (Hebrew), कुतरना (kutarnā) (Hindi), rág (Hungarian), naga (Icelandic), rodere (Italian), rosicchiare (Italian), mordicchiare (Italian), rosicare (Italian), 齧る (kajiru) (alt: かじる) (Japanese), кеміру (kemıru) (Kazakh), កកេរ (kɑkee) (Khmer), 쏠다 (ssolda) (Korean), 물어뜯다 (mureotteutda) (Korean), rōdō (Latin), kost (Latvian), krimst (Latvian), įsikąsti (Lithuanian), гризе (grize) [imperfective] (Macedonian), глода (gloda) [imperfective] (Macedonian), unggis (Malay), kerumit (Malay), ngūngū (Maori), ngau (Maori), kakati (Maori), nhakaraĩ (Mbyá Guaraní), мэрэх (merex) (Mongolian), gnage (Norwegian Bokmål), gnaga (Norwegian Nynorsk), rosegar (Occitan), грꙑсти (grysti) [imperfective] (Old Church Slavonic), погрꙑсти (pogrysti) [perfective] (Old Church Slavonic), грызти (gryzti) [imperfective] (Old East Slavic), خاییدن (xâyidan) (Persian), خسیدن (xasidan) (Persian), rusié (Piedmontese), gryźć [imperfective] (Polish), głodać [imperfective] (Polish), roer (Portuguese), morder (Portuguese), gaugau (Rapa Nui), roade (Romanian), грызть (gryztʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), глода́ть (glodátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), rodere (Sardinian), arroere (Sardinian), roere (Sardinian), глодати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), glodati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), hlodať [imperfective] (Slovak), hrýzť [imperfective] (Slovak), gristi [imperfective] (Slovene), glódati [imperfective] (Slovene), poglodati (Slovene), roer (Spanish), rosigar (Spanish), carcomer (Spanish), chancomer (Spanish), rustir (Spanish), gnaga (Swedish), ngatngat (Tagalog), แทะ (tɛ́) (Thai), kemirmek (Turkish), гри́зти (hrýzty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), глода́ти (hlodáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), hłodać [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), hryzać [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), gʻajimoq (Uzbek), kemirmoq (Uzbek), cắn (alt: ) (Vietnamese), nhằn (alt: ) (Vietnamese), koçen (Zazaki)
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  2. (intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry. Tags: intransitive Translations (to produce anxiety or worry): глождя (gloždja) (Bulgarian), терзая (terzaja) (Bulgarian), harceler (French), préoccuper (French), nagen (German), verfolgen (German), umtreiben (German), beschäftigen (German), rodere (Italian), kunāwhea (Maori), whakakūnawheke (Maori), kinikini (Maori), gnjaviti (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-gnaw-en-verb-Pg09t6Oq Disambiguation of 'to produce anxiety or worry': 3 94 3
  3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
    Sense id: en-gnaw-en-verb-DDbZboX8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: begnaw, gnaw someone's vitals, gnawer, gnawable, ungnawed Related terms: nag

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Alternative forms

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          "text": "The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.",
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          "word": "bren"
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          "sense": "to bite something persistently",
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          "sense": "to bite something persistently",
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          "sense": "to bite something persistently",
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          "sense": "to bite something persistently",
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          "word": "глождя"
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          "roman": "terzaja",
          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "терзая"
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          "word": "harceler"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "préoccuper"
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          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "nagen"
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          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "verfolgen"
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          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "umtreiben"
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          "_dis1": "3 94 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "beschäftigen"
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          "word": "rodere"
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          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "kunāwhea"
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          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "whakakūnawheke"
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          "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
          "word": "kinikini"
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          "ref": "1637, Thomas Heywood, The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject. […], London: […] Nich[olas] and John Okes, for James Becket, […], →OCLC, Act III, signature E4, verso:",
          "text": "VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]",
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      "word": "gnaw someone's vitals"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], line 25:",
          "text": "Ten thousand men that fishes gnaw'd upon",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bite something persistently, especially something tough."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To produce excessive anxiety or worry."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1637, Thomas Heywood, The Royall King, and the Loyall Subject. […], London: […] Nich[olas] and John Okes, for James Becket, […], →OCLC, Act III, signature E4, verso:",
          "text": "VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To corrode; to fret away; to waste."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corrode",
          "corrode"
        ],
        [
          "fret",
          "fret"
        ],
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "nô",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nô",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nä",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gnaw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-gnaw.ogg/En-us-gnaw.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-gnaw.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nor (non-rhotic)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "bren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naḵara",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "نَخَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaḍama",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "قَضَمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaraṣ",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قرص"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "krcel",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "կրծել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "arod"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "royer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ñascar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gəmirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hrýzci",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гры́зці"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hladácʹ",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "глада́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "krignat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grizá",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гриза́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glóžda",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гло́жда"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "twap",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "တွပ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rosegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kitkit"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "asgogia",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ᎠᏍᎪᎩᎠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěn",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "啃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎo",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "咬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shì",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "噬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hlodat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hryzat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gnave"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "knagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ronĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "jyrsiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "jäytää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kalvaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ronger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roseâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "nagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "knabbern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rokanízo",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ροκανίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "trṓgō",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "τρώγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kirsém",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "כִּרְסֵם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kutarnā",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "कुतरना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rág"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "naga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rosicchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "mordicchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rosicare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かじる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kajiru",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "齧る"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kemıru",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "кеміру"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑkee",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "កកេរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ssolda",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "쏠다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mureotteutda",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "물어뜯다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rōdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kost"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "krimst"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "įsikąsti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grize",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гризе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gloda",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "глода"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "unggis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kerumit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ngūngū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ngau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kakati"
    },
    {
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "nhakaraĩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "merex",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "мэрэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gnage"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gnaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rosegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "grysti",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "грꙑсти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "pogrysti",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "погрꙑсти"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "gryzti",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "грызти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâyidan",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "خاییدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xasidan",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "خسیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rusié"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gryźć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "głodać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "morder"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gaugau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gryztʹ",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "грызть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glodátʹ",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "глода́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "arroere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "глодати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "glodati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hlodať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hrýzť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gristi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "glódati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "poglodati"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hłodać"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hryzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "roer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rosigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "carcomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "chancomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "rustir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gnaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "ngatngat"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɛ́",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "แทะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kemirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hrýzty",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гри́зти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hlodáty",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "глода́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "gʻajimoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "kemirmoq"
    },
    {
      "alt": "哏",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "cắn"
    },
    {
      "alt": "㘖",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "nhằn"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to bite something persistently",
      "word": "koçen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gloždja",
      "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
      "word": "глождя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "terzaja",
      "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
      "word": "терзая"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to produce anxiety or worry",
      "word": "harceler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "umtreiben"
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      "word": "beschäftigen"
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      "word": "kinikini"
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\"morder\"}, {\"code\": \"rap\", \"lang\": \"Rapa Nui\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"gaugau\"}, {\"code\": \"ro\", \"lang\": \"Romanian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"roade\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"gryztʹ\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"грызть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"glodátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"глода́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"sc\", \"lang\": \"Sardinian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"rodere\"}, {\"code\": \"sc\", \"lang\": \"Sardinian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"arroere\"}, {\"code\": \"sc\", \"lang\": \"Sardinian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"roere\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"глодати\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"glodati\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"hlodať\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"hrýzť\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"gristi\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"glódati\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"poglodati\"}, {\"code\": \"hsb\", \"lang\": \"Upper Sorbian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"hłodać\"}, {\"code\": \"hsb\", \"lang\": \"Upper Sorbian\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"hryzać\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"roer\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"rosigar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"carcomer\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"chancomer\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"rustir\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"gnaga\"}, {\"code\": \"tl\", \"lang\": \"Tagalog\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"ngatngat\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"tɛ́\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"แทะ\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"kemirmek\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"hrýzty\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"гри́зти\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"hlodáty\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"глода́ти\"}, {\"code\": \"uz\", \"lang\": \"Uzbek\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"gʻajimoq\"}, {\"code\": \"uz\", \"lang\": \"Uzbek\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"kemirmoq\"}, {\"alt\": \"哏\", \"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"cắn\"}, {\"alt\": \"㘖\", \"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"nhằn\"}, {\"code\": \"zza\", \"lang\": \"Zazaki\", \"sense\": \"to bite something persistently\", \"word\": \"koçen\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"gloždja\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"глождя\"}, {\"code\": \"bg\", \"lang\": \"Bulgarian\", \"roman\": \"terzaja\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"терзая\"}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"harceler\"}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"préoccuper\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"nagen\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"verfolgen\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"umtreiben\"}, {\"code\": \"de\", \"lang\": \"German\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"beschäftigen\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"rodere\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"kunāwhea\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"whakakūnawheke\"}, {\"code\": \"mi\", \"lang\": \"Maori\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"kinikini\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"to produce anxiety or worry\", \"word\": \"gnjaviti\"}], \"word\": \"gnaw\"}",
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