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/nɔː/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough..
The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
Ten thousand men that fishes gnaw'd upon
Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
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have a gnaw of a bone
Use gnaw when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gnaw means (ambitransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough..
Common synonyms include erode, wear away, gnaw at, eat at.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
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