ronger

ronger [ʀɔ̃ʒe]

➭ TABLE 3

1. transitive verb

   a. [souris] to gnaw away at ; [acide, pourriture, rouille] to eat into

• ronger un os [chien] to gnaw at a bone

• rongé par les vers worm-eaten

• rongé par la rouille eaten into by rust

• fresques rongées par l'humidité mildewed frescoes

• ronger son frein to champ at the bit

   b. [chagrin, pensée] to gnaw away at

• rongé par la maladie sapped by illness

2. reflexive verb

► se ronger

• se ronger les ongles to bite one's nails

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ʀɔ̃ʒe
1.

verbe transitif

1) (grignoter) [souris, chien] to gnaw; [vers] to eat into [bois]; [chenille] to eat away [feuilles]

rongé par les vers — worm-eaten

2) (attaquer) [eau, acide, rouille] to erode, to eat away at

3) fig [maladie] to wear down [personne]

2.

se ronger verbe pronominal

se ronger les ongles — to bite one's nails

••

se ronger les sangs — (colloq) to worry oneself sick

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ʀɔ̃ʒe vt

1) [chien] to gnaw, to gnaw at

2) [vers, rouille] to eat into

3) (locution)

ronger son frein — to champ at the bit

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ronger verb table: manger

A vtr

1 (grignoter) [souris, chien] to gnaw [fromage, os]; [vers] to eat into [bois]; [chenille] to eat away, to nibble [feuilles]; table rongée par les vers worm-eaten table;

2 (attaquer) [eau, acide, rouille] to erode, to eat away at;

3 fig [maladie, querelles] to wear down [personne]; il est rongé par la maladie he's wasted by illness, his illness is wearing him down;

4 (mordiller) to chew, to nibble; [personne] to pick [os].

B se ronger vpr se ronger les ongles to bite one's nails.

Idiome

se ronger les sangs to worry oneself sick.

[rɔ̃ʒe] verbe transitif

1. [mordiller] to gnaw (away) at (inseparable), to eat into (inseparable)

ronger un os to gnaw at a bone

rongé par les vers/mites worm-/moth-eaten

ronger son frein (sens propre & figuré) to champ at the bit

2. [corroder - suj: mer] to wear away (separable) ; [ - suj: acide, rouille] to eat into (inseparable)

rongé par la rouille eaten away with rust, rusted away

être rongé par la maladie to be wasted by disease

le mal qui ronge la société the evil that eats away at society

être rongé par les soucis to be careworn

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se ronger verbe pronominal transitif

se ronger les ongles to bite one's nails