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gnashes

/ˈnæʃɪz/

gnashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gnash.

Meaning of gnash

Verb

gnash (third-person singular simple present gnashes, present participle gnashing, simple past and past participle gnashed)

  1. (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
    • gnashing your teeth
    Synonyms:
    chatter
  2. (transitive) To grind between the teeth.
    • to gnash the air in fury
  3. (figuratively) To clash together violently.
    • There they were, boiling up in snowy spouts of spray, smiting and gnashing together like the gleaming teeth of hell.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  4. (Geordie) To run away.

See all 5 meanings of gnash

Phrases with gnashes

Words that rhyme with gnashes

Questions about gnashes

What is gnashes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gnashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gnash.
How do you pronounce gnashes?
Gnashes is pronounced /ˈnæʃɪz/.

Words near gnashes in the dictionary

  1. gnashed
  2. gnashed one's teeth
  3. gnashed up
  4. gnasher
  5. gnashers
  6. gnashes
  7. gnashes one's teeth
  8. gnashes up
  9. gnashest
  10. gnasheth
  11. gnashier

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