gnaw
verb (used with object)
to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
gnawable
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a word derived from
gnaw.
Example Sentences
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But Blake had fastened the food in the chuck-box and slung everything gnawable up in the branches out of reach of the sly thieves.
From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George
