Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
gnar |
noun |
A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; — written also gnarr., To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; — written also gnarr. |
gnat |
noun |
A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito., Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc. |
gnaw |
verb t. |
To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at., To bite in agony or rage., To corrode; to fret away; to waste., To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. |
gnew |
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imp. of Gnaw. |
gnof |
noun |
Churl; curmudgeon. |
gnow |
imp. |
Gnawed. |