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# gnash

verb (gnash, gnashes, gnashed, gnashing)

«gnash» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To gnash is to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gnash/#m1)
2. (in fairy tales) To gnash the teeth is to show rage or fear by clenching and grinding them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gnash/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gnash/#x1)
- The wolf gnashed his teeth in fury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gnash/#x2)
- When she saw the trap, the giant gnashed his teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gnash/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

To grind the teeth in anger or hatred. In the Psalms and Job it is something enemies do to the speaker.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads the gnashing as the fury of the wicked toward the righteous. It is a sign of their power that will pass.

### Examples

- With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x1)
- The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish. (Writings PSA.112.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x2)
- He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. (Writings JOB.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gnash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gnash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gnash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gnash.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «gnash» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gnash» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/gnash.html) on Mova free.