English-Thai Dictionary
gnaw
VI กระวนกระวาย รู้สึก ไม่สบายใจ วิตกกังวล enervate weaken strength vitalize kra-won-kra-wai
gnaw
VT แทะ bite gnash tae
gnaw on
PHRV ทำให้ ทุรนทุราย ทำให้ เห็น ทุกข์ ทำให้ กระวนกระวายใจ tam-hai-tu-ron-tu-rai
gnaw at
PHRV ทำให้ ทุรนทุราย ทำให้ เห็น ทุกข์ tam-hai-tu-ron-tu-rai
gnaw at
PHRV แทะ กัด ทีละน้อย ขบ gnaw on tea
gnaw away
PHRV กัด แทะ kad
gnaw on
PHRV แทะ กัด ทีละน้อย ขบ gnaw at tea
gnawing
ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ วิตกกังวล ซึ่ง ทำให้ กระวนกระวาย sueng-tam-hai-wi-tok-kang-won
gnawing
N การ แทะ biting kan-tae
gnawn
VI กริยา ช่อง ที่ 3 ของ คำกริยา gnaw kri-ya-chong-ti-kong-kam-kri-ya
gnawn
VT กริยา ช่อง ที่ 3 ของ คำกริยา gnaw kri-ya-chong-ti-kong-kam-kri-ya
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GNAW
v.t.naw. [Gr. to scrape. ] 1. To bite off by little and little; to bite or scrape off with the fore teeth; to wear away by biting. The rats gnaw a board or plank; a worm gnaws the wood of a tree or the plank of a ship.
2. To eat by biting off small portions of food with the fore teeth.
3. To bite in agony or rage.
They gnawed their tongues for pain. Revelation 16:1 .
4. To waste; to fret; to corrode.
5. To pick with the teeth.
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
GNAW
v.i.naw. To use the teeth in biting. I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.
GNAWED
pp. naw'ed. Bit; corroded.
GNAWER
n.naw'er. He or that which gnaws or corrodes.
GNAWING
ppr. naw'ing. Biting off by little and little; corroding; eating by slow degrees.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GNAW
Gnaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing. ] Etym: [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. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden.
2. To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 1 .
3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
GNAW
GNAW Gnaw, v. i.
Defn: To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. Sir P. Sidney.
GNAWER
GNAWER Gnaw "er, n.
1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rodent.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gnaw
gnaw |nô nɔ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 bite at or nibble something persistently: watching a dog gnaw at a big bone. • [ with obj. ] bite at or nibble (something ): she sat gnawing her underlip. 2 cause persistent and wearing distress or anxiety: the doubts continued to gnaw at me. ORIGIN Old English gnagan, of Germanic origin; related to German nagen, ultimately imitative.
gnawing
gnaw ing |ˈnô -iNG ˈnɔːɪŋ | ▶adjective persistently worrying or distressing: that gnawing pain in her stomach | gnawing doubts. DERIVATIVES gnaw ing ly adverb
Oxford Dictionary
gnaw
gnaw |nɔː | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 bite at or nibble something persistently: watching a dog gnaw at a big bone. • [ with obj. and adverbial ] bite at or nibble (something ) so as to wear it away: the grubs tunnel into the wood and gnaw it away. 2 cause persistent distress or anxiety: the doubts continued to gnaw at me. ORIGIN Old English gnagen, of Germanic origin; related to German nagen, ultimately imitative.
gnawing
gnawing |ˈnɔː (r )ɪŋ | ▶adjective persistently worrying or distressing: that gnawing pain in her stomach | gnawing doubts. DERIVATIVES gnawingly adverb
American Oxford Thesaurus
gnaw
gnaw verb 1 the dog gnawed at a bone: chew, chomp, champ, bite, munch, crunch; nibble. 2 the pressures are gnawing away at their independence: erode, wear away, wear down, eat away (at ); consume, devour. 3 the doubts gnawed at her: nag, plague, torment, torture, trouble, distress, worry, haunt, oppress, burden, hang over, bother, fret; niggle at.
Oxford Thesaurus
gnaw
gnaw verb 1 the dog gnawed at a large piece of bone: chew, bite, nibble, munch, crunch, champ, chomp, masticate; worry, tear; rare manducate, chumble. 2 pressures which are gnawing away the industry's independence: erode, wear away, wear down, eat away (at ), chip away (at ), bite into, corrode, consume, devour; rare fret. 3 the doubts continued to gnaw at her: prey on someone's mind, nag, plague, torment, torture, trouble, distress, worry, haunt, oppress, weigh heavily on someone's mind, be a weight on someone's mind, burden, hang over, harry, bother, exercise, fret; niggle, rankle with; fester.
gnawing
gnawing adjective a gnawing pain in her abdomen | his gnawing doubts: persistent, nagging, niggling, lingering, constant, continual, unrelenting, unabating; worrying worrisome, troubling, disturbing.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gnaw
gnaw /nɔː / (! 語頭gn -のgは発音しない ) 動詞 ～s ; ～ed ; ～ed, ～n /-n /; ～ing 他動詞 1 …をかじる, かむ ; «…に » 〈穴など 〉をかじって作る «in , through » ; …をかじり取る (away, off )▸ gnaw a bone 〈犬などが 〉骨をしゃぶる 2 ｟かたく ｠〈苦痛 心痛などが 〉…を苦しめる, 悩ます ▸ be gnawed by pain [anxiety ]痛み [心配 ]のために苦しめられる 3 …を腐食する, むしばむ .自動詞 1 «…を » かじる, かむ (away ) «at , on » .2 ｟かたく ｠ «…を » 苦しめる, さいなむ (away ) «at » ▸ Anxiety gnawed at her heart .心配が彼女の心を苦しめた
gnawing
gn á w ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 悩ませる, 苦しめる .2 かじる, かむ .
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