gnaw
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
bite or chew on with the teeth
gnaw an old cracker
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- rodent derivation
Sense 2 verb
become ground down or deteriorate
Her confidence eroded
Types & categories
- decay hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rodent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chew |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wearing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | erosion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrosive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decay |