| slovo | definícia |
gnawing
(encz) | gnawing,hlodání v: Jiří Dadák |
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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gnawing animal
(encz) | gnawing animal, n: |
gnawing mammal
(encz) | gnawing mammal, n: |
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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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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