Gnawed

Synonyms for "gnawed" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Verb(4 words)

Strong matches (4)

Verb(4 words)

Related words (8)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries
chewdamageddisturbemotional statephysical damagepsychological statestate of wear

More specific

10 entries
bone gnawinggnawed bonegnawed by anxietygnawed by remorsegnawed by worrygnawed leathergnawed woodhauntpreoccupywood gnawing

Collocations

11 entries
gnawed atgnawed awaygnawed barkgnawed bonegnawed edgesgnawed furnituregnawed leathergnawed ongnawed the edgesgnawed throughgnawed wood

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Rats have gnawed holes in the door.

Source: tatoeba (35804)

The dog gnawed the mutton bone his owner had thrown him.

Source: tatoeba (2652712)

Horned toads hopped about; each of the four upper corners of the room was festooned with a thick cobweb, in the center of which sat a spider as big around as a washbasin, and armed with pincher-like claws; a red-and-green lizard was stretched at full length on the window-sill and black rats darted in and out of the holes they had gnawed in the floor of the cottage.

Source: tatoeba (11805656)

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