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GNAW AT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become ground down or deteriorate

Example:

Her confidence eroded

Synonyms:

eat at; erode; gnaw; gnaw at; wear away

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "gnaw at" is one way to...):

crumble; decay; dilapidate (fall into decay or ruin)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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