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gnarl en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /nɑː(ɹ)l/

Etymology

Back-formation from gnarled.

Meanings

1. Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

gnarl en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /nɑː(ɹ)l/

Etymology

Back-formation from gnarled.

Meanings

1. A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
2. Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

Forms

Deriveds

gnarley · gnarly

Translations (19)

bg чвор (knot in wood) · es nudo (something resembling a knot in wood) · gl nó (knot in wood) · es nudo (knot in wood) · pl sęk (knot in wood) · fr noeud (knot in wood) · th ตาไม้ (knot in wood) · el ρόζος (knot in wood) · fi pahkura (something resembling a knot in wood) · de Knorren (knot in wood) · bg чеп (knot in wood) · ota بوداق (knot in wood) · tr budak (knot in wood) · fi kyhmy (something resembling a knot in wood) · it nodo (di albero) (knot in wood) · fi pahka (knot in wood) · nl knoest (knot in wood) · ru сучо́к (knot in wood) · el όζος (knot in wood)

gnarl en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /nɑː(ɹ)l/

Etymology

Back-formation from gnarled.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To knot or twist something.

Forms

Translations (4)

fi väännellä (to knot or twist) · es enredar (to knot or twist) · es anudar (to knot or twist) · fi murjoa (to knot or twist)

gnarl en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /nɑː(ɹ)l/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar.
   • And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

Forms

Translations (4)

fi murista (to snarl) · fi äristä (to snarl) · cs vrčet (to snarl) · bg ръмжа (to snarl)