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gnaw on something to chew on something. (Usually said of an animal.) The puppy has been gnawing on my slippers! This slipper has been gnawed on! See also: gnaw How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Whenever he or she begins to gnaw on something valuable, prevent him or her from doing so for very long. Precious now sometimes plays with dog bones, and Honey lets the kitten gnaw on her like a puppy. HIEROGLYPHIC crawling into his ears, the scratchings of his pen gnaw on the sinews to his heart; the loudest of words spill back into his field of vision and he strains to hear what was audible, or so he dreams, before the pen was raised; hieroglyphs scatter from the vowels he utters, and his view, filtered by their lines, shows only glimmers of its promise; but he writes, sifting for what remains. |
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