Carcomer in english
Gnaw
pronunciation: nɔ part of speech: verb
pronunciation: nɔ part of speech: verb
In gestures
carcomer = corrode ; gnaw (at) ; consume ; eat away at ; eat into ; canker ; grind away at.
Example: At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.Example: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Example: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Example: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.Example: As termites begin to eat into wood structures, the weakened structure of the wood will cause floors to creak with more frequency.Example: It is good that we have a tireless drive within us to pursue greatness, but somehow if we let it, it can take over and start to canker our self worth.Example: He looked sick, really sick, like he had the mother of all headaches grinding away at the inside of his skull.