To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
Infinitivegnaw
Past simplegnawed
Past participlegnawed
-ing formgnawing
Full conjugation of the English verb to gnaw (past simple gnawed,
past participle gnawed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
gnaw
you
gnaw
he/she/it
gnaws
we
gnaw
you
gnaw
they
gnaw
Present continuous
I
am gnawing
you
are gnawing
he/she/it
is gnawing
we
are gnawing
you
are gnawing
they
are gnawing
Present perfect
I
have gnawed
you
have gnawed
he/she/it
has gnawed
we
have gnawed
you
have gnawed
they
have gnawed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been gnawing
you
have been gnawing
he/she/it
has been gnawing
we
have been gnawing
you
have been gnawing
they
have been gnawing
Past simple
I
gnawed
you
gnawed
he/she/it
gnawed
we
gnawed
you
gnawed
they
gnawed
Past continuous
I
was gnawing
you
were gnawing
he/she/it
was gnawing
we
were gnawing
you
were gnawing
they
were gnawing
Past perfect
I
had gnawed
you
had gnawed
he/she/it
had gnawed
we
had gnawed
you
had gnawed
they
had gnawed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been gnawing
you
had been gnawing
he/she/it
had been gnawing
we
had been gnawing
you
had been gnawing
they
had been gnawing
Future simple
I
will gnaw
you
will gnaw
he/she/it
will gnaw
we
will gnaw
you
will gnaw
they
will gnaw
Future continuous
I
will be gnawing
you
will be gnawing
he/she/it
will be gnawing
we
will be gnawing
you
will be gnawing
they
will be gnawing
Future perfect
I
will have gnawed
you
will have gnawed
he/she/it
will have gnawed
we
will have gnawed
you
will have gnawed
they
will have gnawed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been gnawing
you
will have been gnawing
he/she/it
will have been gnawing
we
will have been gnawing
you
will have been gnawing
they
will have been gnawing
Conditional
Present
I
would gnaw
you
would gnaw
he/she/it
would gnaw
we
would gnaw
you
would gnaw
they
would gnaw
Present continuous
I
would be gnawing
you
would be gnawing
he/she/it
would be gnawing
we
would be gnawing
you
would be gnawing
they
would be gnawing
Perfect
I
would have gnawed
you
would have gnawed
he/she/it
would have gnawed
we
would have gnawed
you
would have gnawed
they
would have gnawed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been gnawing
you
would have been gnawing
he/she/it
would have been gnawing
we
would have been gnawing
you
would have been gnawing
they
would have been gnawing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
gnaw
that you
gnaw
that he/she/it
gnaw
that we
gnaw
that you
gnaw
that they
gnaw
Past
if I
gnawed
if you
gnawed
if he/she/it
gnawed
if we
gnawed
if you
gnawed
if they
gnawed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
gnaw
we
let's gnaw
Negative
you
don't gnaw
we
let's not gnaw
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to gnaw
Perfect infinitive
to have gnawed
Present participle / gerund
gnawing
Past participle
gnawed
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.