грызть — meaning in English

English meaning

• bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
• gnaw verb To bite or chew persistently on something tough.
• nag verb To repeatedly pester or criticize someone about something, in an annoying way.
• nibble verb To eat something by taking small, repeated bites.

Senses

грызть is used for these senses in English:

• bite (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
• gnaw (ambitransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
• nag To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
• nibble Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.

bite — full definition

1. verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
2. verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
3. noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.

gnaw — full definition

1. verb To bite or chew persistently on something tough.
2. verb To cause ongoing worry or discomfort.

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