Gnaw Synonyms

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To seize, as food, with the teeth
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bite
  2. champ
  3. chomp
  4. gnash
To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bite
  2. erode
  3. wear away
  4. crunch
  5. corrode
  6. champ
  7. eat
  8. wear
  9. gnaw at
  10. masticate
  11. eat at

Words Related to Gnaw

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Gnaw Sentence Examples

  • The muskrat will gnaw his third leg off to be free.

  • Several of the elaterid larvae, however, gnaw roots and are highly destructive to farm crops.

  • Beavers also gnaw the bark of birch, poplar and willow trees; but during the summer a more varied herbage, with the addition of berries, is consumed.

  • When confined, they will gnaw through the hardest wood in order to make their escape.

  • Daniel's baby brother will gnaw on anything he can fit in his mouth.

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