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gnarl
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??(r)l/
- Rhymes: -??(r)l
Etymology 1
Back-formation from gnarled.
Noun
gnarl (plural gnarls)
- A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
- Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
Derived terms
- gnarly
Translations
Verb
gnarl (third-person singular simple present gnarls, present participle gnarling, simple past and past participle gnarled)
- (transitive) To knot or twist something.
Translations
Adjective
gnarl
- Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
gnarl (third-person singular simple present gnarls, present participle gnarling, simple past and past participle gnarled)
- (intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar.
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gnarled
English
Etymology 1
First attested Shakespeare 1603:
- Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak].
- Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116
Variant of knurled, from knurl. Surface analysis is gnarl +? -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.
Adjective
gnarled (comparative more gnarled, superlative most gnarled)
- Knotty and misshapen.
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
- Made rough by age or hard work.
Synonyms
- gnarly
Derived terms
- gnarl
Translations
Verb
gnarled
- simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1)
Etymology 2
See gnarl (Etymology 2).
Verb
gnarled
- simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2)
References
Anagrams
- Dangler, Glander, Le Grand, Legrand, dangler, rangled
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