Gnaw: alternatives and connections

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a buildin…

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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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To masticate; to chew; to eat.

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To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

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The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

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The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

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That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.

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That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.

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Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

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Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

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To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

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