What does begnaw mean?
Begnaw means (transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at..
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/bɪˈnɔː/ · verb
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at..
Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul.
[…] that man might see, / What worm begnaws — that vital core concealing / All its vile, consumptive bane, […]
melancoly and begnawed palms
Use begnaw when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Begnaw means (transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."
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