Meaning of begnaw | Babel Free
/bɪˈnɔː/Definitions
To gnaw; to eat away at.
archaic, transitive
Examples
“The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul.”
“[…] that man might see, / What worm begnaws — that vital core concealing / All its vile, consumptive bane, […]”
“Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."”
“melancoly and begnawed palms”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.