OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2196

gnaw

/nɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carcomer • chancomer • roer • rosigar • rustir
To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
Ten thousand men that fishes gnaw'd upon
The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
carcomer • concomer • corroer • recomer • reconcomer • roer
To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.