gnaw

Day 57Level 2

naw

bite persistently

to bite persistently; wear away

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

chew, consume, erode

Antonyms:

build, fortify

Example Sentence:

An investigation of the farm revealed ducks took weak and overweight to defend themselves as rats gnawed on their wounds.

Related Words

antitoxin

AN-ti-doht]

medicine used against a poison; counteracting agent

illusion

kye-MEER-uh

an illusion

clarify

ih-LOO-suh-dayt

to explain, clarify

inflexible

ihn-EHK-suhr-uh-buhl

that cannot be changed; inflexible

travel around

y-TIN-uh-rut

to travel from place to place

ferment

LEV-uhn

to make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast etc.