-v. 2. twist, screw, twine, wrest, wring; contort, distort, warp, bend; wriggle, writhe, vermiculate. gnarled, adj. 1. knotty, lumpy, bumpy, humpy, gnarly, knotty, knarry; knurled, knarred, knotted, nodular, snaggy; bent, twisted, crooked, arthritic; warped, contorted, distorted, cross-grained.
2. rugged, rough, weatherbeaten, seasoned, toughened; leathery, wrinkled, furrowed, craggy.
3. cantankerous, crotchety, crabby, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, dyspeptic; disagreeable, peevish, snappish, huffy.
gnash, v. (of the teeth) grind, strike together, grit, rasp, grate, scrape, gnaw, v. 1. nibble, peck, bite; chew, champ, masticate, munch, crunch, mumble, ruminate, (both of cattle, deer, etc.) browse, graze.
2. corrode, fret, eat into or away, consume, devour, rust, Both Chem. oxidize, oxidate; erode, wash away, wear down or away; waste away, deteriorate, degenerate.
3. exasperate, aggravate, irritate, annoy, vex, irk, peeve, gall, nettle, tease; harass, harry, plague, torture, torment, trouble; hector, pester, badger, Archaic. haggle; bother, disturb, shake, ruffle, fluster.
gnome1, n. dwarf, troll, leprechaun, clurichaun; elf, brownie, kobold, pixie, Hobbit; goblin, hobgoblin, hob, fairy, gremlin, imp, sprite, nix, nixie. gnome2, n. aphorism, maxim, adage, apothegm, epigram; saw, proverb, saying; truth, truism, dictum, precept.
go, v. 1. move, proceed, pass, advance, make way, forward; get on, make headway, gain ground; budge, stir; walk, tread, pace, stride, amble; travel, journey, tour, trek; wend, trail, hie, Scot. gang, gather way.
2. leave, depart, quit; move off, decamp, steal away, make off, slip away, abandon; abscond, U.S. Sl. vamoose, Jocular, absquatulate, Sl. scram; evacuate, emigrate, migrate; flee, fly, flit, take wing; withdraw, retreat, retire, repair, recede; sally forth, start out, set out, embark, weigh anchor.
3. function, perform, operate, work, run, act, play; Inf. tick, Inf. percolate, Inf perk.
4. become, grow, grow into, come to be, wax; turn to, change to, convert to.
5. reach, extend, stretch to, spread to; give access to, open to, communicate to.
6. elapse, lapse, pass, pass by, expire; slip away, tick away, flow, glide, fly, Inf. zip by; drag, crawl, creep.
7. be applied, be allotted, be awarded, be assigned, be devoted to; be transferred, be granted, be ceded, be given, be conveyed; be bequeathed, be willed, be left.
8. conduce, tend, incline, lean, set, verge, gravitate, work towards; point to, show a tendency, look to; contribute to, lend itself to, serve, lead to, redound to.
9. result, turn out, end, end up, eventuate; ensue, emerge, come out.
10. belong, have a place, be there, fit in, lie, stand, rest; be located, be situated, be found.
11. harmonize, go together, blend, accord, comport, jibe, correspond; be compatible, be suited, be adapted.
12. fit, conform, suit, comply, meet, accommodate; observe, follow, fall in with.
13. vanish, disappear, cease to be, be no more, leave no trace, vanish into thin air, Sl. go poof; fade away, melt away, dissolve, die out, Inf. peter out; be consumed, be eaten up, be exhausted, be spent; be finished, be wiped out, be eradicated, be annihilated, be destroyed.
14. die, perish, decease, pass away, expire.
15. be discarded, be thrown away, be disposed of, be dropped, be shed; be dismissed, be put aside, be cast aside, be done with, be gotten rid of; be forgotten, be shelved, SI. be canned.