Gnarl

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gnarl \Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gnarled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gnarling}.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf.
     G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]
     To growl; to snarl.
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           And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gnarl \Gnarl\, n. [See {Gnar}, n.]
     a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with
     twisted grain, on a tree.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gnarl
       n : something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles
           stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great
           gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: {knot}]
       v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this
            old tree"
       2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
          grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: {murmur}, {mutter},
           {grumble}, {croak}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnarl":
     anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, bend, bilge, blain, bleb,
     blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, buckle, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump,
     bunch, burl, button, cahot, chine, clump, coarsen, color, condyle,
     contort, contortion, convex, crook, crookedness, crumple,
     detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distort, distortion, dowel,
     ear, flange, flap, flush, frown, gall, glare, glower, granulate,
     growl, grumble, handle, hill, hiss, horripilate, hump, hunch,
     imbalance, irregularity, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip,
     look daggers, loop, lopsidedness, lower, lump, mantle, mole,
     mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, pimple,
     quirk, redden, rib, ridge, ring, rough, rough up, roughen, scowl,
     screw, shoulder, snap, snarl, spine, spit, spring, stud, style,
     tab, torsion, tortuosity, tubercle, tubercule, turn, turn awry,
     twist, unsymmetry, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, welt,
     wrench, wrest, wring, writhe