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adj. severe or intense

v. Present participle of gnaw.

n. A sensation of being gnawed

n. The act of continued biting, consuming, or fretting.

"The eternal buttresses of the hills stand to the eyes of the fleeting generations as emblems of permanence, and yet winter storms and summer heats, and the slow processes of decay which we call the gnawing of time, are ever working upon them, and changing their forms, and at last they shall pass."

gnawed    gnawing    gnawn    gnaws   

crumble    dilapidate    decay    bite    masticate    seize with teeth    chew    jaw    manducate   

gnaw a file   

gnawn   

gnawer    gnawable   

corrode    waste    plague    worry    vex    bit   

Baugh    Gaw    Haw    Law    Shaw    Straw    Waugh    aw    awe    bashaw   

agonize    unbearable    pent-up    ill-concealed    inexpressible    grow    nag    inward    sicken    overpower