gnaw
verb (used with object)
to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
grawed
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past participleof gnaw.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Example Sentences
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“The childer—they grawed to love me that dear—also the men an’ women.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
"Then my work's the harder; but I'll find en, s'elp me God, even if us be grawed gray afore we meet."
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
An' from bein' a puny cheel I grawed a bonny wan arter dipping.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
The “Marsh King” got up and said, “I allus telled yer yer must graw wool; but when you’ve grawed it, yer mustn’t sit on it, yer must sell it.”
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
He rambled in his speech a while; then went mute again, wi' a new look in his eyes as though he'd grawed so auld as history in a single night.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
