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Meaning of begnaw | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
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 begnawsthat 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.
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