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EAT AWAY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does eat away mean?

• EAT AWAY (verb)
The verb EAT AWAY has 2 senses:

1. remove soil or rock
2. wear away or erode

Familiarity information: EAT AWAY used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EAT AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Remove soil or rock

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

eat away; erode; fret

Context example:

Rain eroded the terraces

Hypernyms (to "eat away" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "eat away"):

wash (form by erosion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Wear away or erode

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

eat away; fret

Hypernyms (to "eat away" is one way to...):

corrode; rust (become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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