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Webster 1913 Edition
Gnash
Gnash
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gnashed
(#)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gnashing
.] [OE.
gnasten
, gnaisten
, cf. Icel. gnastan
a gnashing, gn[GREEK]sta
to gnash, Dan.knaske
, Sw. gnissla
, D. knarsen
, G. knirschen
.] To strike together, as in anger or pain;
as, to
. gnash
the teethGnash
,Verb.
I.
To grind or strike the teeth together.
There they him laid,
Gnashing
for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gnash
GNASH
,Verb.
T.
GNASH
,Verb.
I.
He shall gnash with his teeth and melt away. Ps.112.
1.
To rage even to collision with the teeth; to growl. They gnashed on me with their teeth. Ps.35.
Definition 2024
gnash
gnash
English
Verb
gnash (third-person singular simple present gnashes, present participle gnashing, simple past and past participle gnashed)
- (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
- to gnash the teeth
- (transitive) To grind between the teeth.
- to gnash the air in fury
- to gnash a carpet
- (Geordie) To run away
Derived terms
Translations
to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger