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eating away
 
Noun eating away has 1 sense
  1. erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
    --1 is a kind of geological process, geologic process
    --1 has particulars:
     chatter mark; ablation; abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition; beach erosion; deflation; planation; soil erosion
Verb eat away has 2 senses
  1. erode, eat away, fret - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
    --1 is one way to damage
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. fret, eat away - wear away or erode
    --2 is one way to corrode, rust
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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