Definition of gnarl Gnarl

/nɑˈɹl/ - [narl] - gnarl

We found 11 definitions of gnarl from 5 different sources.

What does gnarl mean?

Verb gnarls, gnarling, gnarled
gnarl - twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"
		flex, bend, deform, twist, turn cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
gnarl - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
		murmur, mutter, grumble, croak
		kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"

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gnarl (Noun)
A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
gnarl (Noun)
Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
gnarl (Noun)
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 ξ.
gnarl (Verb)
To knot or twist something.
gnarl (Verb)
To snarl or growl; to gnar.

gnarl (v. i.)
To growl; to snarl.
gnarl (n.)
a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

gnarl
närl, n. a twisted knot in wood.—adj. Gnarled, knotty, twisted. [From a Teut. root, as in Ger. knurren, Dan. knort, a knot, gnarl, and prob. akin to gnarl in the sense of pressing close together.]

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