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begnaw.

To gnaw; to eat away at.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/bɪˈnɔː/UK/bɪˈnɔ/US/bɪˈnɑ/cot-caught-merger
  1. To gnaw; to eat away at.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *begnawen, from Old English begnagan (“to begnaw, gnaw all over”), equivalent to be- + gnaw.

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