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I . gnaw [nɔ:, Am nɑ:] VB intr

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II . gnaw [nɔ:, Am nɑ:] VB trans

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1. gnaw (chew):

gnaw
грызть

gnaw away VB trans

Usage examples with gnaw

to gnaw on sth
глода́ть что-ли́бо
to gnaw at sb
беспоко́иться о чём-ли́бо
to gnaw away at sth
разъеда́ть что-ли́бо

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Hearing it roaring, the mouse remembers its clemency and frees it by gnawing through the ropes.
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They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark, and they don't gnaw upon one's "monadic" privacy like dogs do.
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Both their medial and lateral masseter muscles are displaced forward, making them adept at gnawing.
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Moreover, rather than gnawing incisors, this animal has bicuspid upper incisors, which is also unique among the more than 2,200 species of rodents.
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As the larvae gnaw on the wood, the holes grow wider and deeper.
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The demon gnaws on a maple branch as she dies.
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She is then mysteriously revived by a group of alley cats that flock around her and begin gnawing at her fingers.
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The tension was unbearable; contemporary accounts famously report that one spectator dropped dead and another gnawed through the handle of his umbrella.
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The commonly plastic structure of hamster and mouse cages is inappropriate for gerbils due to their ability to gnaw through it very quickly.
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All industrialized countries must contend with inflation, which continuously gnaws away at the family budget, and the only remedy is the continuing increase of salaries.
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