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Nagen {n}; Kauen {n}; Durchkauen {n} gnawing

abnagen; nagen {vt} to gnaw off; to gnaw

abnagend; nagend gnawing off; gnawing

abgenagt; genagt gnawed off; gnawed

nagt ab; nagt gnaws off; gnaws

nagte ab; nagte gnawed off; gnawed

nagende Zweifel gnawing doubts

am Hungertuch nagen {vi} [ugs.] [humor.] to be on the breadline

Der nagt nicht gerade am Hungertuch. [iron.] He's not short of a few bob. [Br.] [iron.]

Knochen {m}; Bein {n}; Os {n} [anat.] [listen] [listen] bone; os [listen]

Knochen {pl}; Gebeine {pl} [listen] bones [listen]

ohne Knochen boneless; deboned; unboned

die Knochen (eines Beutetiers) blank nagen [zool.] to pick the bones (of a quarry) clean

schwere Knochen haben [übtr.] to be big-boned [fig.]

jdm. drohen, ihm alle Knochen zu brechen / ihm jeden Knochen einzeln zu brechen to threaten to break sb. every bone in his body
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