gnashes

Definition of gnashesnext
present tense third-person singular of gnash
as in grits
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound dogs gnashing their teeth

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scrapes
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  • Kgasi makes his way down to one of the vertical surfaces of the pit and scrapes it gently.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
  • With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Gnashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnashes. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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