gnaw on

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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

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Whenever he or she begins to gnaw on something valuable, prevent him or her from doing so for very long. Curbing Chewing Problems with Your Dog by Russ Hancock / Pets and Animals community Secondly provide all rodents with wood from fruit trees to gnaw on, making sure that the wood has not been treated with any pesticides. Look out for the teeth! by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Three female Rattus norvegicus (domestic Norway rats - relatively recent immigrants to the United States) were kept to see whether captive rodents will gnaw on rocks, and if so, how often. Rodent-gnawed carbonate rocks from Indiana by Hattin, Donald E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			Glory be! glory days glory in gloss over glove gloves are off glow glow with glower at glue glue down glue on glue together glued to glued to the spot glut glut with glutton glutton for punishment gnash gnash teeth gnashing of teeth gnat gnaw gnaw at gnaw on go a bomb go a bundle on go a long way go a long way toward go a long way toward doing go about go about business go about with go above go above and beyond duty go across go across to go after go against the grain go against the tide Go ahead go ahead (with go ahead, make my day go all the way go along go along with go amiss go ape go around go around and around			gnathostome Gnathostomes Gnathostomes gnathostomiasis Gnathostomidae Gnathostomulid Gnathostomulida gnathostomulids Gnathotheca gnathothorax Gnathustomulida Gnatiuk, Dmitrii Gnatiuk, Dmitrii Mikhailovich Gnatling GNATS GNATS GNATS GNATS GNATS GNATT Gnatworm Gnau Gnav gnaw gnaw gnaw gnaw at gnaw at gnaw away Gnaw Bone Karting Center gnaw on gnawed gnawed gnawer gnawer gnawing gnawing gnawing mammal gnawingly GNAWNPS gnaws gnaws GNAX GNB GNB3 GNBA GNBAI GNBB GNBBL GNBC GNBCC GNBD GNBDC GNBF GNBI GNBLA GNBM GNBN GNBP

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