āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to gnaw
01
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to chew on something persistently
Transitive: to gnaw at sth | to gnaw on sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Frustrated by the stuck lid, he began to gnaw at it with his teeth to open the jar.
āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to slowly wear away or damage something over time
Transitive: to gnaw at sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The acid rain gnawed at the stone, slowly eroding it.
āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻĄ āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
gnawer
gnaw
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
