gnarled

4 definitions found

gnarled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gnarled \Gnarled\, a.
     Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
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           The unwedgeable and gnarl['e]d oak.      --Shak.
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  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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gnarled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gnarled
      adj 1: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or
             knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
             [syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty,
             knobbed]

gnarled - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnarled":
     arthritic, bent, bumpy, burled, contorted, crooked, distorted,
     gnarly, knobbed, knobbly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty,
     knurled, knurly, lumpy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular,
     nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, studded, torose,
     tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous, twisted, warped