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Definition 2024
eat_away
eat away
English
Verb
eat away (third-person singular simple present eats away, present participle eating away, simple past ate away, past participle eaten away)
- Gradually to erode or corrode.
- The battery acid ate away at the metal until a large hole appeared.
- The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water.
Translations
to erode or corrode gradually