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Definition of gnarled adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

gnarled

adjective

NAmE//nɑrld//

(also gnarly)

1(of trees) twisted and rough; covered with hard lumps a gnarled oak/branch/trunk

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2(of a person or part of the body) bent and twisted because of age or illness gnarled hands

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