English to afrikaans meaning of

gnaw

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "knaag" is om aanhoudend aan iets te byt of te kou, gewoonlik met die voortande, om dit af te slyt of uitmekaar te breek. Dit kan ook verwys na die daad van stadig en bestendig erodeer of verteer iets met verloop van tyd, soos in "die suurreën het begin wegknaag aan die standbeeld se oppervlak." Daarbenewens kan "knaag" figuurlik gebruik word om geestelike of emosionele nood te beskryf, soos in "die bekommernis het die hele dag aan hom geknaag."

Sentence Examples

  1. The dog was unable to gnaw through the leather at his own end of the stick.
  2. Then pain set in as the thing began to gnaw through the flesh and gristle at his collarbone.
  3. Were the scamps only brave enough to gnaw on bones, or were they willing to go after those still owned by the living?
  4. The muskrat will gnaw his third leg off to be free.
  5. After an hour, the poor man looked ready to gnaw off his own arm.
  6. The king had no mustache to gnaw, and therefore kept biting the handle of his whip instead, with ill-concealed impatience.
  7. Putting off the meeting would only make the anticipation of it gnaw away at him.
  8. And to not tell her everything was like having a serpent gnaw at his heart.
  9. But the wound still burned, longingly and bitterly Siddhartha thought of his son, nurtured his love and tenderness in his heart, allowed the pain to gnaw at him, committed all foolish acts of love.
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