Word Meanings - GNAW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones

Additional info about word: GNAW

1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden. 2. To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10. 3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GNAW)

• Corrode
• Eat
• rust
• gnaw
• canker
• wear
• crumble
• Gripe
• Grasp
• seize
• clutch
• pain
• squeeze
• screw
• pinch
• lay hold of

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GNAW)

• Liberate
• release
• emancipate

Related words: (words related to GNAW)

• PINCHBECK
  An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
• CORRODENT
  Corrosive. Bp. King.
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• GRASP
  1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with;
• CANKEREDLY
  Fretfully; spitefully.
• SQUEEZE
  1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships,
• PINCHFIST
  A closefisted person; a miser.
• PINCHER
  One who, or that which, pinches.
• SCREW-DRIVER
  A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
• CANKER
  A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. (more info) OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. 1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in
• CANKERWORM
  The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvæ are also called cankerworms. Note: The autumnal species becomes adult late
• GRIPER
  One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton.
• CANKERED
  1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth. 2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "A cankered grandam's will." Shak.
• SCREW-CUTTING
  Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
• CANKER RASH
  A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
• RELEASEMENT
  The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.
• SEIZER
  One who, or that which, seizes.
• CANKER BLOOM
  The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
• EMANCIPATE
  To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. Brasidas .
• CLUTCH
  The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of
• TEMPER SCREW
  1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
• CORKSCREW
  An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
• BEPINCH
  To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman.
• DELIBERATELY
  With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
• BREECH PIN; BREECH SCREW
  A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
• WATER CANKER
  See 1
• DELIBERATE
  1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools."
• UNCLUTCH
  To disengage, as a clutch. (more info) 1. To open, as something closely shut. "Unclutch his griping hand." Dr. H. More.
• BINDING SCREW
  A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.
• HANDYGRIPE
  Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras.