OprindelseFrom Old Norse gnaga. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga, German nagen, Dutch knagen. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”).
- to gnaw
- to scratch, rub, or scrape (against something) so that it wears out
- figurativelyto nag, gnaw
- uncommonto complain, grumble
Formergnav(imperative) · gnaver(present) · gnavede(past) · gnavet(participle, past) · gnaver(active, present) · gnaves(passive, present) · gnavede(active, past) · gnavedes(passive, past) · gnave(active, infinitive) · gnaves(infinitive, passive) · gnav(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gnavende(participle, present) · auxiliary verb have(participle, past) · gnaven(gerund, participle)
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