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Definition of Eating away
1. Noun. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
Category relationships: Geology
Specialized synonyms: Chatter Mark, Ablation, Abrasion, Attrition, Corrasion, Detrition, Beach Erosion, Deflation, Planation, Soil Erosion
Generic synonyms: Geologic Process, Geological Process
Derivative terms: Erode, Erode, Wear Away
Definition of Eating away
1. Verb. (present participle of eat away) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eating Away
Literary usage of Eating away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1907)
"... eating away whole joints for the mixture of mucilage, water and acid which
they contain. The gardens of older Tucson contain many large specimens of two ..."
2. A Clinical history of the medical and surgical diseases of women by Robert Barnes (1878)
"... eating away the Lower Half of the Utero» and Perforating Into the Bladder (R.
lì.). (Half-size, rit. Thomas'« Museum, GO 65.) It is in this way that the ..."
3. Story of Government: From Savagery to Civilization edited by Henry Austin (1893)
"This reign is still more remarkable than the preceding for its showing the rising
of the popular tide and the eating away of the stubborn rocks of royal ..."
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