Gnaw

1.

(TRANSITIVE) (to bite and wear away tit by bit, to consume steadily, to bite steadily, as a dog, a bone, to fret, to corrode) ស៊ី (ច្រេះ, ដំបៅ) / ធ្វើឲ្យរូង, ខាំកកេរ, ម្ដងៗ, ធ្វើឲ្យរីងរៃ, កកេរ
Example: A dog gnaws a bone, The lie Dara told gnawed his conscience។

• gnaw (away) at
  - ញាំញីរគ្មានស្រាកស្រាន្ដ, ធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់ឬបង្កបញ្ហាឥតស្រាក
  - កកេរ
• gnaw away
  - កកេរ

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To bite in agony or rage.

3.

(TRANSITIVE) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

4.

(INTRANSITIVE) To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.