gnash

«gnash» in Mova's school dictionary: to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (gnash, gnashes, gnashed, gnashing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To gnash is to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain. tree →

2) (in fairy tales) To gnash the teeth is to show rage or fear by clenching and grinding them. tree →

sense in the lessons

a sign of rage or fear in a story; a villain or monster gnashes its teeth when it is angry or cheated

examples

• The witch began gnashing her teeth. tree →
• The wolf gnashed his teeth in fury. tree →
• When she saw the trap, the giant gnashed his teeth. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.
• The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gnash» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.