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gnaw

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgnawen,gnaȝen, fromOld Englishgnagan, fromProto-Germanic*gnaganą. Cognate withDutchknagen,Germannagen,Danishgnave(to gnaw),Norwegian Bokmålgnage,Norwegian Nynorskgnaga,Swedishgnaga. Probably fromProto-Indo-European*gʰnēgʰ-(to gnaw, scratch).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gnaw (third-person singular simple presentgnaws,present participlegnawing,simple pastgnawedor(dialectal)gnew,past participlegnawedor(archaic)gnawn)

  1. (ambitransitive) Tobite something persistently, especially something tough.
    The doggnawed the bone until it broke in two.
  2. (intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
    Her commentgnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
  3. Tocorrode; tofret away; towaste.

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Translations

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to bite something persistently
to produce anxiety or worry

Noun

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gnaw (pluralgnaws)

  1. the act of gnawing
    have agnaw of a bone

Anagrams

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Middle Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gnaw

  1. Soft mutation ofknaw.

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofknaw
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
knawgnawknaw /chnaw
pronounced with/ŋ̊-/
chnaw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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