as in to chew
to crush or grind with the teeth
please don't gnaw on that steak bone—it's very unseemly
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A couple in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, faced an unexpected international travel nightmare when their dog chewed through the wife's passport just 12 hours before their flight to Jamaica.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Early space meals were squeezed from toothpaste-like tubes and chewed from bite-sized cubes.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Gnaw (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnaw%20%28on%29. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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