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Definition of Gnarl
1. Noun. Something twisted and tight and swollen. "His stomach was in knots"
Generic synonyms: Distorted Shape, Distortion
Derivative terms: Gnarly, Knot, Knot, Knotty
2. Verb. Twist into a state of deformity. "The wind has gnarled this old tree"
3. Verb. Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath. "She grumbles when she feels overworked"
Generic synonyms: Complain, Kick, Kvetch, Plain, Quetch, Sound Off
Derivative terms: Grumble, Grumbler, Grumbling, Murmur, Murmurer, Murmuring, Mutter, Muttering
Definition of Gnarl
1. v. i. To growl; to snarl.
2. n. a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
Definition of Gnarl
1. Noun. a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. ¹
2. Noun. something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. ¹
3. Noun. (mathematics) The average value of the magnitude squared of the curl of a vector field over a continuous path that is tangent to the vector field at every point. In mathematical notation, gnarl is represented by the lowercase Greek letter '''?'''. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to knot or twist something ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) to snarl or growl; to gnar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnarl
1. to twist into a state of deformity [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Gnarl
1. A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. See: gnar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnarl
Literary usage of Gnarl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"61 is a highly magnified longitudinal section through a spike of a gnarl lying
within the bark of the mother branch. Ph, indicates the phel- logen; k, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Also gnarr, knar, gnarl; not found in ME. or AS. (the alleged AS. ... It Is
always the knots and gnarl* of the oak that he [Carlyle] admires, ..."
3. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages: Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Guglielmo Comelati (1854)
"... f. arte d'in- 2. non aver voce in capitolo. To — forth, metre; 2.partiré; 3.
venire alia luce. To cidere le piètre dure. To Gnar, to gnarl. V. to snarl. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"gnarl, r.—To gnaw. When the pain begins to gnarl. He has taken to gnarl and bite
in the stable. Ferrets are not like rats, they don't gnarl, ..."
5. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"[Akin to LG. knarre, knot.]— gnarl(e)dp, a. Exhibiting gnarls; knotty; cross-
grained; distorted, gnarl'yi. ..."
6. Webster's Common School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"Belonging to a glutton or to gluttony ; given to excessive eating.—Glutton-y (-y),
n. Act or practice of a glutton ; excess in eating ; voracity. gnarl ..."
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