as in chewed
to crush or grind with the teeth
please don't gnaw on that steak bone—it's very unseemly
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Under those tarps was a small camping tent, in theory to keep out mosquitoes and mice, although at some point mice chewed a hole through it, allowing mosquitoes to sneak through as well.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Both dogs eventually chewed themselves free.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Gnawed (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnawed%20%28on%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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