Adjective gnarled has 1 sense
  1. gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed - used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
    Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
,Verb gnarl has 2 senses
  1. gnarl - twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"
    --1 is one way to
    flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
    Derived form: noun gnarl1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
    --2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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