v. 25B6; verb
the dog gnawed at a bone : CHEW, champ, chomp, bite, munch, crunch; nibble, worry.
the pressures are gnawing away their independence : ERODE, wear away, wear down, eat away (at); consume, devour.
the doubts gnawed at her : NAG, plague, torment, torture, trouble, distress, worry, haunt, oppress, burden, hang over, bother, fret; niggle.