GNAWING
- bite or nibble persistently gnawing at his underlip
- a persistent dull pain [n GNAWINGS] / GNAW, to wear away by persistent biting [v]
- affect like gnawing hunger gnawing her vitals
- to bite or chew on with the teeth
- wear away by persistent biting or nibbling a dog gnawing a bone
- make by gnawing rats gnawed a hole
- be a source of vexation to plague anxiety always gnawing him
- ode corrode
- produce an effect of or as if of gnawing waves gnawing away at the cliffs