"knaw" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: knaws [present, singular, third-person], knawing [participle, present], knawed [participle, past], knawed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)
  1. Archaic spelling of gnaw. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: gnaw
    Sense id: en-knaw-en-verb-IrVqDdu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 58 7 33 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: knaws [present, singular, third-person], knawing [participle, present], knawed [past], knawn [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb||||knawn}} knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)
  1. Nonstandard form of know. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: know
    Sense id: en-knaw-en-verb-gvj9KOgQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for knaw meaning in English (1.8kB)

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