Definition of Eat away

1. Verb. Remove soil or rock. "Rain eroded the terraces"

Exact synonyms: Erode, Fret
Generic synonyms: Damage
Specialized synonyms: Wash
Derivative terms: Eroding, Erosion, Erosion, Erosive

2. Verb. Wear away or erode.
Exact synonyms: Fret
Generic synonyms: Corrode, Rust

Definition of Eat away

1. Verb. Gradually to erode or corrode. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eat Away

easy money
easy on the eye
easy on the eyes
easy peasy
easy peasy lemon squeezy
easy street
easy target
easygoing
easygoingness
easygoingnesses
easyish
eat, breathe, and sleep
eat-in
eat at
eat away
eat crow
eat for two
eat from someone's hand
eat humble pie
eat in
eat into
eat like a bird
eat like a horse
eat like a pig
eat my dust
eat my shorts
eat on
eat one's Wheaties
eat one's hat

Literary usage of Eat away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"Grasshoppers sometimes strip the whole leaf to the midrib, and eat away all but the tougher and thicker part of this. Curious parallel rows of precisely ..."

2. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"The vinegar will eat away the shell except where it is protected by the wax, and when the wax or varnish is removed, the design will be in relief. ..."

3. Zulu-English dictionary by John William Colenso (1884)
"... destroy, as a tiger, hawk, &c., though it may not actually devour its victim ; bite or sting, as a snake; eat away; eat away, wear out; eat away or ..."

4. The Virtues and Their Reasons: A System of Ethics for Society and Schools by Austin Bierbower (1888)
"Man should not eat away his stomach, but eat as if it were to last for life. ... Many eat away their capacity to enjoy. Excess destroys the taste, ..."

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