gnawing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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gnawing in the PONS Dictionary

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gnawing Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

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English
In legend the breach was caused by large rats gnawing at it with their teeth and scratching it with their nails.
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Unlike humans whose ameloblasts die after tooth development, rodents continually produce enamel and must wear down their teeth by gnawing on various materials.
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They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing.
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Many published versions of the game say this is done by the rat crawling in the elephant's ear and gnawing at his brains.
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These rats also methodically stripped pine cones rather than gnawing at them randomly.
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She escaped from captivity by gnawing through her own thumb to get out of the handcuffs.
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Numerous cases have also been reported of snafflehounds gnawing holes in sleeping bags while climbers slept inside them.
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Shrews have sharp, spike-like teeth, not the familiar gnawing front incisor teeth of rodents.
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Hearing it roaring, the mouse remembers its clemency and frees it by gnawing through the ropes.
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Their incisor teeth somewhat resemble those of the placental rodents (rats, mice, etc.), being adapted for gnawing tough vegetation.
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