| slovo | definícia |
gnaw
(encz) | gnaw,hryzat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Gnaw
(gcide) | Gnaw \Gnaw\, v. i.
To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as
in eating or removing with the teeth something hard,
unwieldy, or unmanageable.
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I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain
that ties me. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Gnaw
(gcide) | Gnaw \Gnaw\ (n[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n[add]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D.
knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan.
gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
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.
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His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
--Dryden.
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2. To bite in agony or rage.
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They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi.
10.
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3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to
vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts
gnawed at him.
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gnaw
(wn) | gnaw
v 1: bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
2: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away] |
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gnaw at
(encz) | gnaw at,ohlodávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
gnawed
(encz) | gnawed,hryzal v: Zdeněk Brož |
gnawer
(encz) | gnawer, n: |
gnawing
(encz) | gnawing,hlodání v: Jiří Dadák |
gnawing animal
(encz) | gnawing animal, n: |
gnawing mammal
(encz) | gnawing mammal, n: |
Begnaw
(gcide) | Begnaw \Be*gnaw"\, v. t. [p. p. Begnawed, (R.) Begnawn.]
[AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to gnaw.]
To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. --Shak.
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Begnawed
(gcide) | Begnaw \Be*gnaw"\, v. t. [p. p. Begnawed, (R.) Begnawn.]
[AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to gnaw.]
To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. --Shak.
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Begnawn
(gcide) | Begnaw \Be*gnaw"\, v. t. [p. p. Begnawed, (R.) Begnawn.]
[AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to gnaw.]
To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
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The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. --Shak.
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Gnaw
(gcide) | Gnaw \Gnaw\, v. i.
To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as
in eating or removing with the teeth something hard,
unwieldy, or unmanageable.
[1913 Webster]
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain
that ties me. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]Gnaw \Gnaw\ (n[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n[add]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D.
knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan.
gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
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.
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His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
--Dryden.
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2. To bite in agony or rage.
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They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi.
10.
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3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to
vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts
gnawed at him.
[PJC] |
Gnawed
(gcide) | Gnaw \Gnaw\ (n[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n[add]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D.
knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan.
gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
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.
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His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
--Dryden.
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2. To bite in agony or rage.
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They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi.
10.
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3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to
vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts
gnawed at him.
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Gnawer
(gcide) | Gnawer \Gnaw"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
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2. (Zool.) A rodent.
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Gnawing
(gcide) | Gnaw \Gnaw\ (n[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n[add]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D.
knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan.
gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
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.
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His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
--Dryden.
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2. To bite in agony or rage.
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They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi.
10.
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3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
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4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to
vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts
gnawed at him.
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gnaw at
(wn) | gnaw at
v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away] |
gnawer
(wn) | gnawer
n 1: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of
constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
[syn: rodent, gnawer] |
gnawing mammal
(wn) | gnawing mammal
n 1: relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents
by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for
gnawing [syn: lagomorph, gnawing mammal] |
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