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forgnaw

forgnaw verb: to gnaw in pieces; eat up.

Verb

forgnaw (third-person singular simple present forgnaws, present participle forgnawing, simple past and past participle forgnawed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To gnaw in pieces; eat up.

Forms of forgnaw

third-person singular presentforgnaws
present participleforgnawing
past participleforgnawed
pastforgnawed

Origin of forgnaw

From Middle English forgnawen, forgnaȝen, from Old English forgnagan (“to eat up”), equivalent to for- + gnaw.

Questions about forgnaw

What does forgnaw mean?
Forgnaw means to gnaw in pieces; eat up.
What part of speech is forgnaw?
Forgnaw is a verb.
What is the past tense of forgnaw?
The past tense of forgnaw is forgnawed.

Words near forgnaw in the dictionary

  1. forgiving and forgetting
  2. forgiving my French
  3. forgivingly
  4. forgivingness
  5. forgivings
  6. forgnaw
  7. forgnawed
  8. forgnawing
  9. forgnaws
  10. forgo
  11. forgoable

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