gnawed
啃了,啃咬的,啃咬,啃咬过的
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Definitions
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gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.
- : to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
- : to wear away or remove by persistent biting or nibbling.
- : to form or make by so doing: to gnaw a hole through the wall.
- : to waste or wear away; corrode; erode.
- : to trouble or torment by constant annoyance, worry, etc.; vex; plague.
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gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.
- : to bite or chew persistently: The spaniel gnawed happily on a bone.
- : to cause corrosion: The acid gnaws at the metal.
- : to cause an effect resembling corrosion: Her mistake gnawed at her conscience.
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Examples
Gellhorn was the better journalist and war correspondent, a fact that gnawed at Hemingway.
Even at the most courageous and daring moments of his service in the desert, Lawrence was gnawed by these doubts.
It was the remnant of a once lofty barrier; the waters had, as it were, gnawed it to the bone, but they had not destroyed it.
"Perhaps Fane will recite to us his discovery," said Mr. Cray, scratching his scurfy head with the gnawed end of a penholder.
Still she stood silent and almost motionless, but her teeth gnawed at her white lips as if to bite them through.
Oh, but how the ragged tooth of calumny gnawed his very heart!
Since the man had done so signal a service for Joyce, jealousy gnawed at his heart.